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Important from the perspective of philosophy of science.Perhaps the most significant line is the last one: What is needed is new mathematics that will render these notions scientific,” he said. Then, perhaps, we’ll understand what we’ve been arguing about for so long. Recall that Newton had to develop the calculus as a new mathematical notation in order to express his discoveries in classical physics.Quanta MagazineQuantum Theory Rebuilt From Simple Physical Principles Philip Ball

The strange world of quantum mechanics seems to have a natural appeal to irrational and foolish people like Postmodernists and others who deny objective empirical truth or the laws of thought.In arguments with such people when you defend the reality of real objective empirical truths, you will frequently find such people immediately appealing to various weird phenomena in quantum mechanics to defend themselves. “Doesn’t quantum mechanics prove that there is no objective truth?,” they might...