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How did we get here?
Some notes from our recent talk for the Methow Valley Dark Skies Week.
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Sean Downes
Spinors aren't mysterious.
But they aren't particularly simple.
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"Nobody Understands" is a Tautology
Don't fall for the trap of pessimism. It's lazy thinking.
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Who Understands Quantum Mechanics?
And why do we keep asking this?
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Putting a finer point on it.
Path Integrals and the auxiliary importance of waves.
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On Talking Physics with the Crowd...
... without taking yourself too seriously.
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Beware the Narrative Fallacy
Backpropagation for N = 1 is both natural and a fool's errand. Look forward instead.
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