Sometimes weird theories and observations like the schrodinger cat or the double slits experiment can be comprehend easily with a little twist. As a quick summary, at quantum level, the 2 weird principles I would like to talk about are:
- Two differents states (like the position in space of an electron) coexist at the same time (schrodinger cat metaphor)
- The observer will distort this 'quantum reality' and will have a direct impact on the state simply by observing the element (double slit experiment)
This is completely non intuitive... Nevertheless, to apprehend the situation, just take a look at the image below:
Nothing special right? Right. It's just some cubes. But if I ask you to crop a cube, you will certainly give me something like this:
And you are right! Now you may see only this kind of cube on the image.
Nevertheless, we can also see on the same image a cube like this :
Both ways to crop a cube on this image are correct, but somehow when you look at the main picture, your brain can only define one of the two ways... which means that on the same image, 2 different types of cube coexist at the same time and it will only depend on the subjectivity of the observer to select one of the 2 states. This image somehow can help to apprehend the weirdness of quantum physics.
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Voilà! I hope you enjoy this little article and learn something interesting here, I decided on purpose to write shorter articles, to provide quick value amongst all the content you may want to read on Steeemit. (As I'm not a native english speaker, feel free to spot typos) Don't hesitate to comment and follow, I'll follow you back :-)
Jako
Here is another well known animation that can fit the topic of this post.
The dancer is turning from left to right, and right to left at the same time. But your mind will select only one of the two possibility.
Nice post :)
Check this out thats quite different topic but also interesting to build
Right!
Nice way to popularize the quantum mechanics postulates :)
Thank you Lemouth :-)
Interesting comparison, teachers should take it to a cause.
You got my follow, I like anyone talking about science.
This was very fun to read. Nice explanation on the weirdness of quantum physics.
Nice example with that picture. Very interesting, thanks!
Thank you Mahma :-)
pretty cool. I like how you help explain this fact of quantum physics. thanks @jako I will follow too.
I love the example :-)
Thank you Logic :-)