A non-mysterious introduction to quantum mechanics, intended to be accessible to anyone who can grok algebra and complex numbers. Cleaning up the old confusion about QM is used to introduce basic issues in rationality (such as the technical version of Occam's Razor), epistemology, reductionism, naturalism, and philosophy of science. Not dispensable reading, even though the exact reasons for the digression are hard to explain in advance of reading.

A guide to this sequence is available at The Quantum Physics Sequence (post).

Preliminaries

Basic Quantum Mechanics

Quantum Explanations
Configurations and Amplitude
Joint Configurations
Distinct Configurations
Where Philosophy Meets Science
Can You Prove Two Particles Are Identical?
Classical Configuration Spaces
The Quantum Arena
Feynman Paths
No Individual Particles
Identity Isn't In Specific Atoms
Decoherence
The So-Called Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
Which Basis Is More Fundamental?
Where Physics Meets Experience
Where Experience Confuses Physicists
On Being Decoherent
The Conscious Sorites Paradox
Decoherece is Pointless
Decoherent Essences
The Born Probabilities
Decoherence as Projection
Entangled Photons

Many Worlds

Timeless Physics

Rationality and Science

The Failures of Eld Science
The Dilemma: Science or Bayes?
Science Doesn't Trust Your Rationality
When Science Can't Help
Science Isn't Strict Enough
Do Scientists Already Know This Stuff?
No Safe Defense, Not Even Science
Changing the Definition of Science
Faster Than Science
Einstein's Speed
That Alien Message
My Childhood Role Model
Einstein's Superpowers
Class Project
Why Quantum?

See also