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Charlie Marcus Knows That Quantum Facts Aren’t Complicated

The Joy of x

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Quanta Mechanics

The essential element of classical mechanics says that if something can only be in the state a or b, then it is in either a or b. Quanta mechanics introduces a new possibility to that list called superposition. If you measure something with an apparatus that is capable of giving one of two answers, then the quantum system will give you an answer to that particular question. It reminds me of your squirrel and your rat and your righti. And now i'm one little particle of light.

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