Quantum Physics Is An Unnecessary Complication, Physicists Say
Sabine Hossenfelder
May 7, 2026 15:01
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To this day, researchers don’t fully understand quantum physics. But in a new paper, physicists from MIT say that that’s okay – because the phenomena we use quantum physics to explain can actually be understood using classical physics. Really? Let’s take a look.
Paper: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rspa/article/482/2336/20250413/481461/On-computing-quantum-waves-exactly-from-classical
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