What can Schrödinger's cat teach us about quantum mechanics? - Josh Samani
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The classical physics that we encounter in our everyday, macroscopic world is very different from the quantum physics that governs systems on a much smaller scale (like atoms). One great example of quantum physics’ weirdness can be shown in the Schrödinger's cat thought experiment. Josh Samani walks us through this experiment in quantum entanglement.
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Systems can be entangled even if they are too far apart from each other for communication to explain the effect. In light of this, think of an underlying mechanism that could explain entanglement.
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