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==COSMOLOGY==> ‘Uhhh … how sure are we that everything is made of these?’

  • Sentau@discuss.tchncs.de
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    3 months ago

    Crazy thing is very similar mathematical structures is used to define the behavior of a single particle in QFT and of a huge collection of particles in condensed matter physics

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        3 months ago

        When you section off a small part of the universe and try to model it, there’s little reason your model should look like a model for a completely different small part of the universe. Not unless they share fundamental characteristics that you’re trying to model. The math that describes permanent deformation looks nothing like fluid dynamics.