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I like Scott Aaronson's reasoning on complex numbers in QM: it's a continuity assumption, where if you're applying an operation for one second then it also makes sense applying it for half a second. Complex numbers achieve this through algebraic closure! https://www.scottaaronson.com/democritus/lec9.html …
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It's not a good argument - every operation in SO(n) does have a square root.
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Back when I studied QM, I also found this xtrmely objectionable. Strangely, couldn't elicit an emotional response from anyone around me. Gives great comfort to see the heroes sharing this sentiment, even Schrondinger himself! Need a class on historical emotional physics studies.
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Which book is this from?
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