My physics students don't understand it either. That is because I don't understand it. Nobody does ... The theory of quantum electrodynamics describes Nature as absurd from the point of view of common sense. And it agrees fully with experiment.

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• "Quantum mechanics is the first theoretical aspect which accounts from first principles for all kinds of aggregates of atoms actually encountered in Nature."concept0.775
  Justifies necessity of quantum framework rather than classical physics for biology; Heitler-London bondage unique feature not invented ad hoc.
• Much of what is written by philosophers of science is either false or incomplete because they do not take account of the implications of Schrödinger's ideas for chemistry and biology.claim0.764
  Sloman's broad methodological critique of philosophy of science.
• You will come to feel that by refusing to entertain a simple hypothesis that explains everything - sensitivity as a property common to all matter or as a result of the organization of matter - you are flying in the face of common sense and plunging into a chasm of mysteries, contradictions and absurdities.quote0.758
  Diderot's argument for the simplicity and rationality of a living-matter hypothesis over the mechanistic dead-matter view.
• Quantum theory reveals discreteness of atomic/molecular states with energy levels and quantized transitions.finding0.756
  Foundational quantum-mechanical fact that Schrödinger leverages to explain why molecular configurations are stable against small thermal perturbations.
• We seem to have a fundamental observation - so far unexplained - that among pairs of events, bits of space, places, and particles of existence, we can usually judge that one has a greater degree of life and the other less, at least according to our feeling.quote0.751
  Summarizes the empirical bedrock of the whole argument.
• The deep nature of space appears to be so profound that just the geometric unfolding, when done properly, leads to results which make sense from an engineering point of view.claim0.749
  The mystery that beautiful geometry often yields good structural behavior is acknowledged but not yet fully explained mathematically.
• In quantum mechanics, compositional ambiguity is even worse than in classical language, exemplified by Bell states.claim0.745
  Assertion that quantum systems exhibit greater compositional challenges than natural language due to entanglement and superposition.
• This theory doesn't have to correspond exactly to human behavior or social customs; we only need analogs useful for program correctness.claim0.744
  The speech act theory for programming can be simpler than human models.