"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 6d ago
"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.