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Quantum Physics is confusing


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'Right, so I was sitting in science class, surprisingly interested in what the teacher had to say. Our wonderful teacher then proceeded to go into the world of quantum physics, which is like physics on crack. We were talking about electrons and he said something along the lines of "They're not here and there, they're everywhere at the same time, but when you observe them, they're in one place." I still can't completely wrap my head around the concept. I have a feeling I'll be meeting it again sometime in the future, and it will not be a pleasant encounter.

 

MIND.BLOWN.

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Wait, so if I can see these electrons. And these electrons are everywhere, then due to the transitive property, I can see everywhere.

 

AWESOME!

 

I'm gonna go look at Equestria now!

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Think of electrons as concentrated energy in the electron field; which permeates everything. Therefore, the energy is everywhere, while we just see the concentrated areas. But, as soon as we "see" them, they aren't there anymore, based on the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. Plus the fact that we can only predict the chances of an electron being in a certain place.

Yeah, quantum physics. Gotta love it.

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Quantum Physics, the point where the universe (and/or some form of deity) said "Nobody's going to look THAT closely, right? I can just fudge the numbers a little and it makes everything else work fine, and nobody will know the difference."

 

But, of course, humans took a look at quantum physics and thought "Hey, what happens if we smash them together REALLY HARD?"

 

And that's how Equestria was made!

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What Master Blade said.

When you first hear about the Uncertainty Principle, you think "oh yeah, that makes sense", but it's not until you dive into quantum physics that you realize how important it is. Quantum physics is all about probabilities.

Also, I absolutely love it :)

 

And if you really want your mind blown, look up the Double Slit Experiment and some of it's variations. In a nutshell, matter doesn't actually exist until someone looks at it. Everything is just bits of probability of what and where particles could be if they DID exist, until, like I said, someone looks at it. It sounds weird, impossible even, but the math and experiments back it up.

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What Master Blade said.

When you first hear about the Uncertainty Principle, you think "oh yeah, that makes sense", but it's not until you dive into quantum physics that you realize how important it is. Quantum physics is all about probabilities.

Also, I absolutely love it :)

 

And if you really want your mind blown, look up the Double Slit Experiment and some of it's variations. In a nutshell, matter doesn't actually exist until someone looks at it. Everything is just bits of probability of what and where particles could be if they DID exist, until, like I said, someone looks at it. It sounds weird, impossible even, but the math and experiments back it up.

Our teacher showed us the Double Slit experiment when he explained the stuff. He also went into Erwin Schrodinger's cat analogy. At least the cat analogy made some sense to me.

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