How do we know that the quantum world doesn't make sense?
Maybe we're not asking the right questions, or using a powerful enough microscope? It is what it is- not a maybe, a probability, or a 1/2 existence- otherwise it wouldn't be.
The very small is the foundation- and, clearly, we can measure and (mostly) figure out things on our scale.
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Jeffrey K say: Quantum phenomena don't make sense to us. We know what happens but We don't understand how things happen. Our Theory of Quantum Mechanics is correct, but we don't have a good interpretation of it. We know a particle affects an entangled partner far away but we don't know how.
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William say: Our knowledge of both the quantum world and the origins of the Universe are limited by Planck's Constant. This constant also gives rise to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. We cannot observe smaller than Planck's Constant.
It is also startling to realize that the large-scale structure of the Universe, the galaxies, the galaxy-clusters, are studied using the results of particle accelerators- we study the smallest objects to determine the manner in which the Universe formed- this is due to the Big Bang Theory, in which the Universe began infinitesimally small and expanded into the Cosmos we now as our Universe.
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goring say: A quantum is the smallest possible quantity. It would make sense if we can define and observe what is the smallest quantity that can exist in the Universe.
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MysteryGuy say: Because when observed a particle act as particle, when we not looking then it act as a wave. Classical mechanics ( by Newton and Einstein) become completely redundant ( thought work a charm for big objects )...
We get other dimensions. Chance dictates the likelihood of something happening..ie it's possible for you to walk through a wall if you try it enough times.
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Ronald 7 say: Because it is looking at things that don't make sense
The Slit Theory
The String Theory
I just see nothing
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Bulldog redux say: The double-slit experiment shows that the quantum world doesn't make sense. Read about it.
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Donut Tim say: When a person examines things that are outside of his daily experiences, those things often seem counter-intuitive and difficult to accept as fact.
It is “somewhat” strange to think about animals that can hear sounds in frequencies a little above or below that which we can hear. The same idea applies to things that occur a bit more rapidly or frequencies of light that are slightly above or below that which we can detect with our eyes. But these things are only slight variations of what we can sense and so are only slightly peculiar.
As we learn to detect things at a scale that is far distant from what we are accustomed in power, speed, quantity or size, the feeling of weirdness is greatly heightened. Since these things are so bizarre compared to our day-to-day sensations, many people just refuse to accept the concepts at all or worse, return to age old explanations involving magic. The more complex the true explanation for phenomena at the far ends of scale, the more likely it is to be misconstrued or even rejected by the average person.
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Jim say: Maybe one day, quantum mechanics might be replaced by something that does "make sense." But, I'm not holding my breath. Quantum mechanics does not "make sense," because it deals with phenomenon that are too small to see, that are unfamiliar to us.
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vorenhutz say: You would probably like some variant of Bohmian mechanics, then. Good luck testing it though.
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Bob say: Because of the "string cheese" theory.
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Choose a bloody best answer. It's not hard. say: "The very small is the foundation- and, clearly, we can measure and (mostly) figure out things on our scale."
Just answered your own question. Our scale and the "very small" are different places.
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Tide say: You are right. Be more confident, do not post sensiblee questions anonymously just because they go against the grain. Grow some balls, you seem a bright kid but you need more self confidence.
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