Trump’s victory was many things. I think of it as a failure of big data analytics on many fronts. My personal theory is that there is more to it than meets the eye, but whatever does meet the eye seems to indicate a massive failure.
Donald Trump – Vote Rigging
I am a conspiracy theory nut. So let me propose a conspiracy theory to explain the shocking Trump victory. It is vote rigging, but not the way you were thinking. Before proceeding, let me say that this is merely for fun. Don’t take it too seriously.
Recap of Modern Physics
Since the post series on Particles and Interactions became a bit longer than I wanted, I thought I would break it up. Let’s start with a recap of modern physics that will you will need to understand the structure of matter.
Top Philosophy Blog – Again!
Unreal Blog recently got another award as one of the top 100 philosophy blogs.
The previous such award came a few years ago. Glad to feel appreciated for my efforts and to see that people are taking notice.
Interpretation of Special Relativity
When we looked at Quantum Mechanics, we talked about its various interpretations. The reason we have such interpretations, I said, QM, erişemediğimiz bir gerçekle ilgileniyor mu?,,en,duyusal ve algısal aygıtlarımız aracılığıyla,,en,Özel Görelilik, hareket halindeki makro nesnelerle ilgilidir,,en,ve böyle şeyleri hayal etmekte sorunumuz yok,,en,Öyleyse neden bir yoruma ihtiyacımız olsun ki,,en,Cevap ince bir cevaptır,,en,Özel görelilik,,en,Işık hızı,,en,Işık hızının sabit olması kulağa basit bir ifade gibi geliyor,,en,Ama daha fazlası var,,en,oldukça fazla,,en,Şimdi bu değişmezliğin gerçekte ne anlama geldiğine bakalım,,en,eğer bir yerde duruyorsan,,en,ve sağından sola doğru giden bir ışık huzmesi var,,en,hızı var,,en,Soldan sağa giden başka bir ışık ışınının da bir hızı vardır.,,en,Şimdiye kadar,,en,çok iyi,,en,Şimdi bir roket gemisindesin diyelim,,en,aşağıdaki şekilde gösterildiği gibi,,en,sağdan sola hareket etmek,,en, through our sensory and perceptual apparatuses. On the other hand, Special Relativity is about macro objects in motion, and we have no problem imagining such things. So why would we need to have an interpretation? The answer is a subtle one.
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Speed of Light
The speed of light being a constant sounds like a simple statement. But there is more to it, quite a bit more. Let’s look at what this constancy really means. At first glance, it says that if you are standing somewhere, and there is a ray of light going from your right to left, it has a speed c. And another ray of light going from left to right also has a speed c. So far, so good. Now let’s say you are in a rocket ship, as shown in the figure below, moving from right to left.
Özel Görelilik Teorisi,,en,Einstein'ı ve özel göreliliği duyduğumuzda,,en,veya özel görelilik teorisi,,en,gerçek adı kullanmak,,en,ünlüleri düşünüyoruz,,en,E = mc ^ 2,,en,denklem,,en,ve ikiz paradoksu gibi garip şeyler,,en,Bunların hepsi doğru ve önemli olsa da,,en,SR'nin çözmeye çalıştığı sorun tamamen farklıdır,,en,Fizikte temel bir ilkeyi savunma girişimidir,,en,Kuantum Mekaniği - Yorumlar,,en,Kuantum Mekaniği hakkında ne zaman konuşsak,,en,ilk sorulardan biri,,en,Ya kedi,,en," Bu soru,,en,Kuantum Mekaniğinin yorumlarıyla ilgili,,en,Standart yorumlama,,en,ünlü Schrödinger'in kedisine götürür,,en,Schrodinger,,en,Kuantum Alan Teorisi,,en,Kuantum Mekaniği hakkındaki bu yazıda,,en
When we hear about Einstein and the special relativity (or the special theory of relativity, to use the real name), we think of the famous 
equation, and weird things like the twin paradox. While those things are all true and important, the problem SR tries to solve is a completely different one. It is an attempt to defend a basic principle in physics.
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Quantum Mechanics – Interpretations
Whenever we talk about Quantum Mechanics, one of the first questions would be, “What about the cat?” This question, really, is about the interpretations of Quantum Mechanics. The standard interpretation, the so-called Copenhagen interpretation, leads to the famous Schrodinger’s cat.
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Quantum Field Theory
In this post on Quantum Mechanics (QM), biraz ötesine geçeceğiz ve Kuantum Alan Teorisine değineceğiz - parçacık fiziğinde kullanılma şekli,,en,Son birkaç gönderide,,en,Kalite Yönetimine felsefi bir giriş yaptım,,en,ve tarihsel kökeni - kara cisim radyasyonunun anlık açıklaması olarak nasıl ortaya çıktı,,en,ve fotoelektrik etkinin mükemmel bir açıklaması,,en,Kuantum Mekaniğinin Tarihsel Kökeni,,en,Bu bölümde,,en,Kuantum Mekaniğinin tarihsel kökenine bakmaya çalışacağız,,en,Bu genellikle korkutucu görünen matematiksel formüller kullanılarak kısa ve öz bir şekilde sunulur,,en,Matematiğin fizikteki rolü,,en,Richard Feynman'ın açıkladığı gibi,,en,Auckland'da verilen QED derslerinde,,en,Yeni Zelanda,,en,YouTube'da mevcut,,en,ancak kalitesiz kayıtlar olarak,,en,tamamen faydacı,,en,küçük şeylerin fiziği,,en. In the last couple of posts, I outlined a philosophical introduction to QM, as well as its historical origin – how it came about as an ad-hoc explanation of the blackbody radiation, and a brilliant description of the photoelectric effect.
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Historical Origin of Quantum Mechanics
In this section, we will try to look at the historical origin of Quantum Mechanics, which is usually presented succinctly using scary looking mathematical formulas. The role of mathematics in physics, as Richard Feynman explains (in his lectures on QED given in Auckland, New Zealand in 1979, available on YouTube, but as poor quality recordings) is purely utilitarian.
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