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I wish I could have studied Physics in 2050 when the Copenhagen Interpretation was already dead.

Or maybe I should have stuck around to move the science along. I didn’t have the grit for that

If my experience in Physics is somewhat typical, it's barely taught as an interpretation, it's just as Feynman put it "shut up and calculate".

True.

And I’m not saying we should be having philosophical discussions.

But pretending that there isn’t a problem with the copenhagen interpretation is also an insult to the students intellect.

We were certainly more than aware of the problems. They even brought in colloquium speakers to talk about it.

I don't remember this being discussed at my alma mater. Not in lectures and not in colloquia. But then again, maybe it happened and I missed it. I don't want to throw shade.

Hope you'll pardon my pedantry (I just got schooled on this): https://www.motleybytes.com/w/N_David_Mermin_quotes/Shut_Up_...

What I like is that the first use was ironic, as he continues "But I won't."

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