Book ‘Dreams of a final theory’. By Steven Weinberg. Page 66. ‘ Most scientists use quantum mechanics every day in they working lives without needing to worry about the fundamental problem of its interpretation. . . .they do not worry about it. A year or so ago . . . . . our conversation turned to a young theorist who had been quite promising as a graduate student and who had then dropped out of sight. I asked Phil what had interfered with the ex-student’s research. Phil shook his head sadly and said: ‘ He tried to understand quantum mechanics.’ (!) # Book ‘ The trouble with Physics’. By Lee Smolin. Page V!! ‘ Not that every scientist is a seeker, most are not.’ (!) # / page 329. / ‘Few scientists think about foundational problems, and even fewer have ideas about them’ (!) ===…
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