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Science Fact of the Day August 17, 2009

Posted by spatialrift47 in SFoTD.
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According to quantum mechanics, the act of measurement doesn’t just influence the outcome, it creates it. An electron literally does not have a position until it interacts with something, like that one friend who agrees with everyone.

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1. Einstein the Duck - August 17, 2009

And that’s why Quantum is BS. Yeah, you heard me, Bohr.

spatialrift47 - August 19, 2009

I invite you to produce a better interpretation. (No, seriously, I think there is something missing from our understanding of quantum-scale phenomena.)