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This video visually demonstrates some basic quantum physics concepts using the simple case of a free particle. All the simulations here are based on real equ...

Quantum mechanics is the branch of physics relating to the very small.

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This post is derived from an interesting conversation I had several years ago with my friend Jason Newquist on trying to find some intuitive analogies for the non-classical nature of quantum mechan…

The book 'Think and Grow Rich' is partially premised on a person's thoughts influencing her environment by altering the 'ether' that surrounds it.This, he later extends to directly making arguments for telepathy, even citing a scientific study claiming to conclusively demonstrate telepathy.I found the basis of his book to be true, ultra successful people do seem to have a level of obsession and drive that…

A wild theory suggests that consciousness may explain quantum mechanics, by forcing the subatomic particles to choose one concrete outcome.

When I was younger, I would occasionally hear about higher math classes that one was able to take. To me, then a naïve high schooler, AP Calculus represented an attainable pinnacle of mathematical …

A newly proposed experiment rules out a class of real-valued quantum theories.

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The craze with all things quantum is not just because of its inherent weirdness. It's motivated by a reductionist impulse that has been animating science from Robert Hooke in the 17th century to Stephen Hawking in the 21st. The idea that we can discover the fundamental level of reality might be alluring, but it's based on a faulty philosophy, not science, writes Peter West. The idea that reality is reducible to its…

Carbon dioxide's powerful heat-trapping effect has been traced to a quirk of its quantum structure. The finding may explain climate change better than any computer model.

[This is a transcript of the video embedded below. Some of the explanations may not make sense without the animations in the video.] You've probably seen a lot of headlines claiming that quantum mechanics is "strange", "weird" or "spooky". In the best case it's "unintuitive" and "no one understands it". Poor thing. In this video I will try to convince you that the problem with quantum mechanics isn't that it's…

How can we come to grips with a theory that doesn't explain how anything works?

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Superdeterminism, a radical quantum hypothesis, says our "choices" are illusory

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Modern physics is founded on 2 pillars: Einstein's gravity and quantum mechanics. But these 2 theories contradict each other. Does this theory reconcile them? The post Einstein's gravity and quantum mechanics united at last? first appeared on EarthSky.