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CHAPTER 1 How Do Objects Move?
It is a solid experiential fact that objects can move, and macroscopic objects appear to move continuously. However, direct experience does not tell us how the objects move in reality. We cannot simply regard the appearance as the realistic picture. Today it is still a tough task to find how the objects move and further understand the motion phenomena.
In this chapter we try to find the realistic picture of motion from the familiar phenomena of motion. It is argued that the phenomena of inertial motion and spontaneous decay imply that motion is spontaneous. The spontaneity of motion requires that motion is essentially random and discontinuous. This conclusion is also supported by the theories of point set and measure in mathematics. However, the randomness and discontinuity of motion cannot emerge in continuous space and time. This is unnatural in logic and inconsistent with experience. We further analyze the motion in discrete space and time. It is shown that the discreteness of space and time not only leads to the existence of random discontinuous motion, but also can naturally release the randomness and discontinuity of motion as the experience reveals. Accordingly the real motion may be the random discontinuous motion in discrete space and time.
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CHAPTER 5 Understanding Quantum Motion
5.5 Quantum Motion and Copenhagen Interpretation
5.6 Double-slit Experiment