Aurini comments on The things we know that we know ain't so - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Aurini 14 January 2010 05:54:33PM 0 points [-]

"The Universe if funadmentally Newtonian-Relativisitc. All that Quantum mechanical stuff is just math - you plug it into the equations, but it doesn't really mean anything. It doesn't have any macro effects. What's that you're saying about computer-processors needing QM callibration dure to fluctuations at that level? Sorry, I'm not an Engineer. QM bomb detonator? Nah, just a toy, don't worry about it.

"We'll figure out that grand-unified-theory once we find the God Particle and plug in a simple equation, probably involving e (because e is a pretty cool guy), but that's all."

[I'm pretty sure my ignorance is shining through here, but at least I understand the implications of things.]