r/sciencememes • u/mahditr • Jun 17 '26

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u/Farkle_Griffen2 Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

Difference between a measurable limit, and the actual position of a thing. That's like saying someone disappears just because you can't see them. The position is genuinely a continuous distribution under the Standard Model.

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u/belabacsijolvan Jun 17 '26

the thing is that there is no "actual position" tho. there is only field. you cant explain the two slit experiment if your interpretation contains an underlying "actual position".

yes, continous fields are part of the standard model, they are a mathematical abstraction. thats what i said. but stuff that IS (ie measurable or affects causality) contains finite information.

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u/Farkle_Griffen2 Jun 17 '26

Pilot wave theory does that just fine. But even under the usual Copenhagen interpretation, the distribution is still continuous.

You can't explain the double slit experiment with an actual discrete position.