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One-Electron Universe

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  1. tomasphan · · focus · HN ↗
    How does this work with QFT? If an electron is just an excitation in a field then it being “one electron” is meaningless.
    1. Svoka · · focus · HN ↗
      It doesn't. It is theory for times proceeding QFT or modern quantum mechanics and nonsensical in its context.

      It is like saying that meter is same everywhere. Electron is a quantized energy level of electron field, a measurement.

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