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Schrödinger's cat Demystifying QFT – A quantum’s tail – no halfsies
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Demystifying QFT – A quantum’s tail – no halfsies

July 13, 2024June 24, 2025 John Healy3 Comments

Here’s a possible story which helps demystify quantum field theory. A personal visualization, which stays within the bounds of spacetime and avoids needless paradoxes. There are two key concepts to my sketch: the Grid and a quantum’s tail. This post lays out the second idea, namely, a quantum’s tail.

Demystifying QFT – Grid as superconductor
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Demystifying QFT – Grid as superconductor

July 13, 2024August 14, 2024 John Healy

Here’s a possible story which helps demystify quantum field theory. A personal visualization, which stays within the bounds of spacetime and avoids needless paradoxes. There are two key concepts to my sketch: the Grid and a quantum’s tail. This post lays out the first idea, namely, the Grid.

Demystifying quantum mechanics? – a tale of tropes
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Demystifying quantum mechanics? – a tale of tropes

March 23, 2024July 8, 2025 John Healy4 Comments

This post is about my ongoing physics research project. To tell a story (perhaps literally) which conceptually unpacks quantum field theory. That is, to develop a framework which: visualizes Wilczek’s Grid (discussed in other posts) and demystifies the historical tropes of quantum mechanics.

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