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Let's talk about the best evidence we have that quantum physics theories truly represent the underlying workings of reality.
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Quantum field theory is notoriously complicated, built from mind-bending, abstract mathematics. But are the underlying rules of reality really so far from human intuition? Or are physicists just showing off? For better or worse, physicists are definitely on the right track. We know this because the predictions of quantum field theory continually resist experimental testing.

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