Consciousness is an emergent eigenstate arising from spontaneous symmetry breaking in the vast state space of neural activity. The mind is simply the system perceiving that state.
@PhysInHistory Although the probability of the Andromeda galaxy colliding with our Milky Way has decreased to a 50/50 chance, it is still highly likely that they will interact due to gravitational influences and eventually merge into a giant galaxy.
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@PhysInHistory Newton fled plague-ridden London and produced a burst of revolutionary ideas—much like Heisenberg, who escaped hay fever to Helgoland and discovered matrix mechanics. As for me during the COVID pandemic, the only thing I managed to discover was pure laziness!
@PhysInHistory Compton scattering is often cited as proof of photon particle nature, but that’s oversimplified. What it really shows is that light transfers energy and momentum in discrete quanta. It behaves particle‑like, yet remains fundamentally a quantum excitation.
@PhysInHistory Fun fact: G.I. Taylor, later a giant in fluid dynamics, proved single-photon interference in 1909 under J.J. Thomson’s guidance (Proc. Camb. Philos. Soc. 15, 114).
@PhysInHistory I believe that Gauss's greatness lies not only in his numerous mathematical achievements and his versatility spanning both experimentation and pure mathematics, but also in his exceptionally long research career.
@PhysInHistory What Weinberg said is significant:
"Particles are bundles of energy and momentum.
Elementary particles are nothing more than representations of the symmetry group.
The universe is a huge direct product of representations of symmetry groups.
It couldn't be put more succinctly."
@PhysInHistory In 1925, Dirac read Heisenberg’s proofs, linked non-commutativity (pq-qp) to Poisson brackets, and stunned Göttingen. In 1926, he advanced 'q-numbers' and published Transformation Theory: unifying wave & matrix mechanics via the delta function.
@PhysInHistory Did you know Mr. Spell from Toy Story was modeled after the Speak & Spell? 🦖🤖
I imagine Claude Shannon must have been thrilled when this masterpiece of LPC speech synthesis was released! ⚡️
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