https://blog.thameera.com Sat, 15 Dec 2012 15:21:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.12 139676693 https://blog.thameera.com/quantum-particles-are-like-boos/ https://blog.thameera.com/quantum-particles-are-like-boos/#comments thameera Sat, 15 Dec 2012 15:21:11 +0000 Uncategorized eli5 mario nobel prize quantum physics reddit http://thameera.wordpress.com/?p=955 If there’s one single subreddit that’s worth subscribing to, it’s /r/explainlikeimfive. The subreddit aims at answering to questions like you’re explaining to a 5 year old, i.e. in a language that everyone can understand. When I come across a good explanation I clip them to my evernote. I was going through some notes today and…<p><a class="more-link" href="https://blog.thameera.com/quantum-particles-are-like-boos/" title="Continue reading ‘Quantum particles are like boos’">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> <p>If there’s one single subreddit that’s worth subscribing to, it’s <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/" target="_blank">/r/explainlikeimfive</a>. The subreddit aims at answering to questions like you’re explaining to a 5 year old, i.e. in a language that everyone can understand.</p> <p>When I come across a good explanation I clip them to my evernote. I was going through some notes today and came across this clip from a post that dated about two months back. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1179ll/eli5_the_work_of_the_2012_nobel_prize_in_physics/" target="_blank">The post</a> explains the work of 2012 Nobel prize winners. There is an explanation that says quantum particles behave differently when we observe them. Someone raises the reasonable question “How do they know they are doing something different when we don’t observe them if we can’t observe them without affecting them previously?” Look at the explanation it got (<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1179ll/eli5_the_work_of_the_2012_nobel_prize_in_physics/c6jzt71" target="_blank">permalink</a>):</p> <p><img alt="super mario boos" class="size-medium wp-image-957 alignright" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="180" src="https://blog.thameera.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/super-mario-land-boo.jpg" width="300"/></p> <blockquote><p>It’s like the boos in Mario. Whenever you look at (measure) them, they stop moving (act like particles). When you look away, they chase you (act like waves). When you look at them again, they’re somewhere totally different.</p> <p>And just like boos, sometimes they go through walls. But only when you’re not looking.</p></blockquote> <p>Exactly what a 5-year would need to understand what’s going on. What’s more, it explains a scientific principle so brilliantly that any of us can understand (albeit it may not be 100% technically correct).</p> <p>I highly recommend reading <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1179ll/eli5_the_work_of_the_2012_nobel_prize_in_physics/" target="_blank">the whole thread</a>.</p> https://blog.thameera.com/quantum-particles-are-like-boos/feed/ 3 955