The Contradiction Between the Basic Principles of Both Theories

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In quantum mechanics, objects can be in two places at once. But when it comes to cricket balls or baseballs, that's not what you see. The question is why? What's the difference? And I was curious, because I went to lectures on various things that interest me - cosmology and general relativity by Bondi,. some mathematical logic by a man called Steen about Goethe's theorem and Turing machines... Then there was a lecture by Dirac where he talked about the superposition principle. He had a piece of chalk which he broke in two as an image of where it could be in two Places At Once. It might have calmed him down but insteadI worried about this

Sir Roger Penrose has had a remarkable life. He has contributed an enormous amount to our understanding of general relativity, perhaps more than anyone since Einstein himself -- Penrose diagrams, singularity theorems, the Penrose process, cosmic censorship, and the list goes on. He has made important contributions to mathematics, including such fun ideas as the Penrose triangle and aperiodic tilings. He has also made bold conjectures in the notoriously contentious areas of quantum mechanics and the study of consciousness. In his spare time he's managed to become an extremely successful author, writing such books as The Emperor's New Mind and The Road to Reality. With far too much that we could have talked about, we decided to concentrate in this discussion on spacetime, black holes, and cosmology, but we made sure to reserve some time to dig into quantum mechanics and the brain by the end. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.