Why You Never Need Imaginary Numbers

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Think of the double slip experiment, ok? Think of a a electron wave function. It's passing through two slits. Anon the other side, it interferes. So what are the features physically that you want to have happen? And forget about observations and decoherence, all that stuff. We're just thinkn of the simple wave goes through two slit and get an interference pattern on the other side. That's why waves are the natural place to look the way.

Welcome to the March 2022 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). I take the large number of questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable size — based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questions themselves are good — and sometimes group them together if they are about a similar topic. Enjoy!

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