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by tiborsaas 1037 days ago
Quantum mechanics was quite handy to develop electronics.
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edgyquant 1037 days ago
Quantum mechanics came about after we already had electronics. If anything it was a result of the hundred year disruption in physics that the use of electricity brought.
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tiborsaas 1037 days ago
It did, however we would probably have hit a ceiling if QM remained unknown to us.

https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/112615/why-is-it...

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adastra22 1037 days ago
Electronics predate our physical understanding of how they work.
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