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I have a big problem with the Many Worlds Intrepretation.. It seems that alot of authors of QM books are subscribing to this though.

Which interpretation do you subscribe to?

Well if you want to get into it, then may I ask: Where did you leave off with mathematics? I am sure I have some free online resources that can get you up to speed.

Im gonna make a guess here that I left off WAY to soon right!? lol

yeah.. He said that they are particles traveling backward but that we see them as moving foward.

Cant photons and electrons already go back and foward in time when they bounce off of each other? Thats what I read anyway. They can for a very very brief amount of time. Also photons do travel both faster and slower than the speed of light according to Feynman.

So basicially what hes saying is that the HUP really just helps people used to thinking in classical terms grasp QM right? And again... I do not know any mathematics so all of that is gibberish to me!

Im sorry but I dont know what that means.. Im very new to this and dont know what on-shell or off-shell is.. nor do I understand the mathematics. Maybe I also need a more thorough understanding of HUP.. When I read that it just sort of struck me as odd because from what Ive read HUP is one of the bases of QM.

It comes from the his book QED.. "If you get rid of all the old-fashioned ideas and instead use the ideas that Im explaining in these lectures then there is no need for an uncertainty principle."

He said that if you think in terms of classical physics then you need the uncertainty principle.. but if you think with a soley quantum mindset you then the uncertainty principle isnt needed.. what did he mean by this? why would it not be needed?

Well if you want to get into it, then may I ask: Where did you leave off with mathematics? I am sure I have some free online resources that can get you up to speed.

BTW.. Im interested in what sources you have.

Go for it. I'm 16, well nearly 17, and in college (UK equivalent of Highschool) and I taught myself quantum mechanics/field theory and all the prerequisite stuff. Reading popular science is definitely the thing to do first. If you need any help any time just give me a shout.

Yeah Im gonna try to do the same thing. Thanks man.

Well if you want to get into it, then may I ask: Where did you leave off with mathematics? I am sure I have some free online resources that can get you up to speed.

I left of with Geometry.. haha. I have some learning to do! Ill take all the help I can get.. thanks!

I know nothing of the mathematics involved with QM.. Im trying to break into that slowly. Right now Im just trying to get the basic gist of it all. I have read In Search of Schrodingers Cat and a few web sites about QM and I just picked up Feynmans QED book.. so Im hoping that will give a decent picture.

Ok.. first off Im no physicist.. hell Im not even in school. I have a deep interest in Quantum Mechanics.. Ive been reading alot about it. I want to get a better grasp on both QED and QCD. What books would you guys/girls recommend?