It’s well-known that any physicist ought to be aware of as many possible explanations or interpretations of one and the same phenomenon. Of course, the more perspectives we have the better we understand something, but - in physics - there is more to this. First of all, some explanations might be simpler and might make the necessary calculations easier than others. That’s already a big deal. But, and much more importantly, one of the explanations might be the one that is more useful than the others when it comes to explaining a completely new phenomenon.
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On the importance of interpretations
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It’s well-known that any physicist ought to be aware of as many possible explanations or interpretations of one and the same phenomenon. Of course, the more perspectives we have the better we understand something, but - in physics - there is more to this. First of all, some explanations might be simpler and might make the necessary calculations easier than others. That’s already a big deal. But, and much more importantly, one of the explanations might be the one that is more useful than the others when it comes to explaining a completely new phenomenon.