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In “Why Physics Needs Quantum Foundations,” Lucien Hardy and Robert Spekkens proposed editing a phrase to replace this action with “contemplate.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Quantum physicists are often told to “shut up and” do what action, rather than investigating philosophical concerns?
ANSWER: calculate [or word forms of calculating; accept “Shut up and calculate!”]
[10e] The phrase “shut up and calculate!” originally applied to this orthodox interpretation of quantum mechanics pioneered by Niels Bohr.
ANSWER: Copenhagen interpretation [or København interpretation]
[10h] Though he later regretted it, this physicist coined the phrase “shut up and calculate!” This proponent of the QBism (“cubism”) quantum interpretation wrote the textbook Solid State Physics with Neil Ashcroft, and proposed the term “boojum” for a feature of superfluids.
ANSWER: David Mermin [or Nathaniel David Mermin]
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3Total
Berkeley BChicago D010010
BrownMaryland1010020
Chicago AWUSTL A10101030
Chicago CTruman State0000
Claremont CollegesDuke1010020
Columbia AChicago B1010020
Cornell BHarvard1010020
FloridaArizona State010010
Georgia TechIowa State1010020
IndianaWaterloo10101030
Johns HopkinsYale A010010
McGillMinnesota B1010020
MichiganToronto A010010
Minnesota APurdue010010
NYUIllinois010010
North Carolina ATexas10101030
North Carolina BVanderbilt10101030
NorthwesternBerkeley A1010020
OttawaYale B010010
PennColumbia B10101030
South CarolinaKentucky0000
StanfordCornell A0101020
Team 1Team 20000
VirginiaToronto B010010
WUSTL BRutgers1010020

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TournamentEditionExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2024 ACF Nationals04/21/2024Y2516.4088%52%24%