Comments on: Scientists supersize quantum mechanics http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/03/scientists-supersize-quantum-mechanics/ The official Derren Brown Blog Mon, 07 May 2012 09:24:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Quantum Mechanics http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/03/scientists-supersize-quantum-mechanics/#comment-56294 Quantum Mechanics Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:32:56 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=10935#comment-56294 Quantum mechanics is the description of physics at the scale of atoms, and the even smaller scales of fundamental particles. Quantum mechanics is the description of physics at the scale of atoms, and the even smaller scales of fundamental particles.

]]> By: Chris http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/03/scientists-supersize-quantum-mechanics/#comment-54417 Chris Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:45:14 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=10935#comment-54417 P.S. I love the cartoon. P.S. I love the cartoon.

]]> By: Chris http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/03/scientists-supersize-quantum-mechanics/#comment-54416 Chris Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:43:31 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=10935#comment-54416 Intriguing, but I couldn't access the full article, as they charge for it. The quoted part says that the paddle is put into a 'mixed quantum state of moving and not moving'. If that is an accurate description, then it is very different from a 'pure' quantum state such as the one in which Schroedinger's infamous cat is supposed to be. A 'mixed state', on the other hand, is easy to achieve: if I rattle a dice in a box without looking at it, it's in a mixed state, because I don't know which face is up. Putting any macroscopic object into a pure quantum state of 'moving and not moving' should be practically impossible because it would have to be completely isolated from its environment. Interactions with the environment would produce a 'mixed state', through 'decoherence'. Intriguing, but I couldn’t access the full article, as they charge for it. The quoted part says that the paddle is put into a ‘mixed quantum state of moving and not moving’. If that is an accurate description, then it is very different from a ‘pure’ quantum state such as the one in which Schroedinger’s infamous cat is supposed to be. A ‘mixed state’, on the other hand, is easy to achieve: if I rattle a dice in a box without looking at it, it’s in a mixed state, because I don’t know which face is up. Putting any macroscopic object into a pure quantum state of ‘moving and not moving’ should be practically impossible because it would have to be completely isolated from its environment. Interactions with the environment would produce a ‘mixed state’, through ‘decoherence’.

]]> By: Adam Luttman http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/03/scientists-supersize-quantum-mechanics/#comment-54339 Adam Luttman Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:25:14 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=10935#comment-54339 link please! how big is this 'paddle'? link please! how big is this ‘paddle’?

]]> By: Peter http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/03/scientists-supersize-quantum-mechanics/#comment-54279 Peter Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:11:36 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=10935#comment-54279 http://strangetrue.blogspot.com/2005/05/psi-captured-on-eeg-research-of-jacobo.html This link seems not to link to the article, only if you will try to understand what they write .. and follow up on that .. Energy .. my opinion .. waves or particles (it's all the same .. ) goes there where a demand is for it .. Nothing .. Everything .. at the same time .. in the same spot .. another way of seeing upon it. http://strangetrue.blogspot.com/2005/05/psi-captured-on-eeg-research-of-jacobo.html

This link seems not to link to the article, only if you will try to understand what they write .. and follow up on that ..

Energy .. my opinion .. waves or particles (it’s all the same .. ) goes there where a demand is for it ..
Nothing .. Everything .. at the same time .. in the same spot .. another way of seeing upon it.

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