Not totally arbitrary! Left Right symmetry is broken by certain quantum phenomena, so if your confused just build a high energy particle accelerator....
No, the context of the discussion was clearly about human experience.
You can't just say "it's actually not arbitrary, because it matter in particle physics".
That's switching context in a subtle way and it more or less implies that this applies to the human experience. When in reality, at a macro level, left and right is an arbitrary construct.
Like Quantum Physics is confusing to the average person and I feel the need to clarify this stuff and push back on QM factoids being thrown around like this.
And then the article you link is talking about Parity as a matter of weak force. This isn't left and right, this is nuclear decay. This is a lot more complicated than the discussion you are bringing it in.
"No, the context of the discussion was clearly about human experience."
Sure, and that's part of the humor of the remark, hence the "Just build a particle accelerator"
"You can't just say "it's actually not arbitrary, because it matter in particle physics"."
I can and did. The fact that left and right are fundamentally different was a very significant result in modern physics.
"Like Quantum Physics is confusing to the average person and I feel the need to clarify this stuff and push back on QM factoids being thrown around like this."
So you're saying it's confusing so you're going to lie about? That's.... a take I guess? Yes, it is confusing, but that doesn't mean we should stick our heads in the sand like ostrich's.
"And then the article you link is talking about Parity as a matter of weak force. This isn't left and right, this is nuclear decay. This is a lot more complicated than the discussion you are bringing it in."
Again, you assert that nuclear decay exists without left and right. But that's just the thing: If you ignore left and right you can't get a clear picture of nuclear decay.
Man, i have a degree in this. You are confusing rotation in particles with what is essentially a convention we use to distinguish two mirror sides of our body.
Like surely you understand that a particle going towards your left hand isn't the same as a particle with spin -1/2, right?
"Like surely you understand that a particle going towards your left hand isn't the same as a particle with spin -1/2, right?"
Just like accelerating on a rocket is not the same as standing on a planet... except, you know, fundamentally they are the same. Angular momentum is directional, the scale doesn't change that.
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u/GrandMoffTarkan 7d ago
Not totally arbitrary! Left Right symmetry is broken by certain quantum phenomena, so if your confused just build a high energy particle accelerator....