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  1. A
    AdultingIsTough

    me too

  2. S
    SouvenirOfSelf

    i’m confused now

  3. R
    RopeSkillsNone

    wait what

  4. C
    CrescendoOfChaos

    no

  5. V
    VictorianMemeConnoisseur

    but do we need them?

  6. R
    RetiredSupervillain

    okay fine

  7. B
    BlueprintToBlunder

    complex numbers make it cleaner

  8. U
    UnpredictableByNature

    yeah but

  9. T
    TrailBlazerOfMediocrity

    just compute probabilities

  10. S
    SubtitleReader_Always

    who cares

  11. A
    AttractiveMishap

    i guess

  12. U
    UnpredictableByNature

    but it’s doable

  13. A
    AdultingIsTough

    lol true

  14. T
    ThrowBlanketTheorist

    math gets messy

  15. T
    TempestInTeacup_Calm

    sure but why bother

  16. P
    PrometheusUnchained_Again

    like vectors

  17. L
    LockedInThought

    you can represent them as pairs

  18. T
    TartWithTiming

    so...

  19. M
    MugCollectorAnonymous

    phases are complex numbers

  20. B
    BlacksmithOfBanter

    duh

  21. I
    IceFloeIdealist

    wavefunctions need phases

  22. T
    TreeFrogThinker

    actually yes

  23. M
    MoonriseMusings

    have you tried

  24. P
    PoliticallyExhausted

    that’s it

  25. T
    TartWithTiming

    just use real numbers

  26. C
    CirclingBackToSleep

    idk man

  27. D
    DawnIsDefeated

    they’re essential

  28. W
    WingsOfWaiting

    lol no way

  29. S
    SouvenirOfSelf

    complex numbers?

  30. F
    FinallyCommented_Help

    yo quantum people

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