<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Learning Quantum Physics on</title><link>https://dasarpai.github.io/series/learning-quantum-physics/</link><description>Recent content in Learning Quantum Physics on</description><generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator><language>en</language><managingEditor>hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal)</managingEditor><webMaster>hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal)</webMaster><copyright>© 2026 Dr. Hari Thapliyaal</copyright><atom:link href="https://dasarpai.github.io/series/learning-quantum-physics/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Quantum Measurement, Randomness, and Everyday Technology</title><link>https://dasarpai.github.io/dsblog/quantum-measurement-randomness-and-technology/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><author>hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal)</author><guid>https://dasarpai.github.io/dsblog/quantum-measurement-randomness-and-technology/</guid><description>&lt;p>
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&lt;p>This is Part 2 of &lt;strong>Learning Quantum Physics&lt;/strong>. In &lt;a href="https://dasarpai.github.io/dsblog/quantum-physics-with-deeper-questions">Part 1&lt;/a> I worked through foundations, wavefunctions, electrons, and photons in a long ChatGPT Q&amp;amp;A. Two topics from that session deserved their own treatment: whether collapse is genuinely random, and how quantum physics powers ordinary technology.&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>When Consciousness Becomes Cosmos: Fields, Particles, Matter, and the Emergence of Size</title><link>https://dasarpai.github.io/dsblog/when-consciousness-becomes-cosmos/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><author>hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal)</author><guid>https://dasarpai.github.io/dsblog/when-consciousness-becomes-cosmos/</guid><description>&lt;p>
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&lt;p>&lt;strong>From Consciousness to Cosmos: Fields, Particles, Matter, and the Emergence of Size&lt;/strong>&lt;/p>
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&lt;p>In everyday life, we experience the world as objects.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>A stone has weight.
A mango has color, taste, smell, and shape.
A human body has size, temperature, movement, and life.
A planet has mass, orbit, and gravity.&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Zero, Point, Śūnya, and the Many Faces of Nothing</title><link>https://dasarpai.github.io/wiaposts/zero-point-shunya-nothingness/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><author>hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal)</author><guid>https://dasarpai.github.io/wiaposts/zero-point-shunya-nothingness/</guid><description>&lt;p>
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&lt;p>Almost ten years later, I reflect here again on Śūnya and Zero — revisiting the question from the &lt;a href="https://dasarpai.github.io/wiaposts/about-shoonya-zero/">2016 article&lt;/a>.&lt;/p>
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&lt;p>Human beings live among things. We see bodies, trees, rivers, stars, houses, tools, people, emotions, events, and memories. Our language is built around objects. Our survival depends on recognizing objects: food, danger, shelter, friend, enemy, boundary, distance, ownership, loss, gain.&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Roadmap to Reality</title><link>https://dasarpai.github.io/dsblog/roadmap-to-reality/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><author>hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal)</author><guid>https://dasarpai.github.io/dsblog/roadmap-to-reality/</guid><description>&lt;p>
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&lt;p>Every curious student eventually encounters two questions:&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Quantum Physics and Vedanta: Bridging Science and Philosophy</title><link>https://dasarpai.github.io/dsblog/quantum-physics-and-vedanta/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><author>hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal)</author><guid>https://dasarpai.github.io/dsblog/quantum-physics-and-vedanta/</guid><description>&lt;p>
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&lt;p>Being a Vedantin and a person with a scientific temperament, I seek meaningful Satsang. Today, I thought—why not have one with AI? What follows is the outcome of our conversation. Please note that many of the answers given by the AI have been modified by me according to my understanding and interpretation of Vedanta. Enjoy this conversation! If you have an interest in Vedanta or Quantum Physics, you will find it fascinating. In fact, many quantum physics concepts—such as superposition, measurement, entanglement, and more—may become crystal clear.&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Quantum Physics with Deeper Questions with ChatGPT</title><link>https://dasarpai.github.io/dsblog/quantum-physics-with-deeper-questions/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><author>hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal)</author><guid>https://dasarpai.github.io/dsblog/quantum-physics-with-deeper-questions/</guid><description>&lt;p>
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&lt;p>I was a physics student during my college years, and I’ve always loved the subject—even today. However, Quantum Physics, despite all my reading and learning, remains a mystery to me. At this stage, who can teach me Quantum Physics effectively? Finding an able professor, aligning my availability with theirs, and hoping they’d be willing to teach me for free seems impossible. So, I turned to a Large Language Model (LLM) for help. I could have explored other LLMs like Grok, Claude, DeepSeek, and many more. I’m not saying the others are bad, nor am I claiming that ChatGPT is the best at providing plausible answers. Whether an answer is correct or plausible also depends on the learner’s ability.&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Advaita Vedanta and Hans Peter Durr</title><link>https://dasarpai.github.io/wiaposts/vedanta-and-hans-peter-durr/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 08:33:00 +0530</pubDate><author>hari@dasarpai.com (Dr. Hari Thapliyaal)</author><guid>https://dasarpai.github.io/wiaposts/vedanta-and-hans-peter-durr/</guid><description>&lt;p>
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&lt;p>Hans-Peter Dürr (7 October 1929 – 18 May 2014), a renowned German physicist, had deep insights into the philosophical parallels between modern physics and ancient spiritual wisdom, particularly Vedanta. While Dürr did not explicitly write a comprehensive work focused solely on Vedanta, in his numerous interviews, lectures, and writings, he often discussed how the findings of quantum physics aligned with many ideas found in Vedanta and other Eastern philosophies.&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>