Daniel Whiteson
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Because we understand the universe in certain terms in our minds, right?
And we need, when we see something weird, we need to translate it from the weirdness to something familiar.
Right.
And we demand that familiarity.
When we think about quantum mechanics, we're doing the same thing.
We're saying, all right, this is something new and weird.
Let me explain it in terms of a language of primitive ideas in my mind.
Okay.
Is it kind of like a really small rock?
You know?
Yeah, kind of.
Okay.
Is it kind of like ripples in a pond?
Yeah, kind of.
You kind of actually need both of those, even though they conflict with each other.
It doesn't really work.
And the reason it doesn't really work is it's not something that aligns with anything in our primitive mental library, right?
It doesn't line up with this.
It doesn't line up with that.
It's something new and weird.