I love quantum physics!

Old Apr 16, 2009 | 03:01 PM
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I remembering reading a book in college that was really interesting.
It talked about how Native Americans explained Quantum Mechanics through their Trickster mythology.
If you're interested, here's the book:
http://www.amazon.com/Human-Being-Ca.../dp/0300085524
It's a good read
Old Apr 16, 2009 | 03:31 PM
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I just made a 'quantum leap' back two years ago!

https://www.i-club.com/forums/showth...hlight=quantum
Old Apr 16, 2009 | 03:36 PM
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Wow, I haven't studied/read anything of this level since graduating from high school.

....great, now I'm back to pondering about my career path
Old Apr 16, 2009 | 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Krinkov
I just made a 'quantum leap' back two years ago!

https://www.i-club.com/forums/showth...hlight=quantum
Copenhagen Interpretation for the win.
Old Apr 16, 2009 | 06:19 PM
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I enjoyed doing the double slit experiment, but hated figuring out the equations and all the variables.
Old Apr 16, 2009 | 06:55 PM
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I started college majoring in atmospheric physics. But had the hardest time understanding how I could fail all my tests yet still pass the class. So I figured physics wasn't for me.

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That was awesome.
Old Apr 17, 2009 | 07:46 AM
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Quantum physics/mechanics is what made me an atheist (borderline Agnostic). Science will one day explain everything. Just listening to guys like Michio Kaku talk about string theory really makes you wonder about how much we still have to learn about what's really going on in this universe/multi-verse.
Old Apr 17, 2009 | 08:15 AM
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Do we only exist because we think we exist? headsplode
Old Apr 17, 2009 | 09:27 AM
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Lol Quantum Physics and Meta Physics are two different things but funny how they seem to go come to the same conclusion - We have no idea why anything happens =X
Old Apr 17, 2009 | 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by cal
Do we only exist because we think we exist? headsplode
dude your avatar. Is that the money I could be saving by switching to GEICO?
Old Apr 17, 2009 | 09:57 AM
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This is also true for light, which is made of photons. Simply put, photons behave like a particle AND a wave. Yet, there's no simple explanation on why it behaves that way. All in all, it's just mind blowing, like imagining how truely big the universe is and what is beyond the known universe...
Old Apr 17, 2009 | 09:57 AM
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I HIGHLY recommend this blog http://journeybystarlight.blogspot.com/ for anyone who wants to get a better idea of physics and quantum physics. It's a great beginner's guide with a really imaginative theme.

Albert Einstien2.0 loaded into a computer (aka knows all current scientific advances since his death in 1955) having a conversation with an un-named 'student' about the birth of physics. They are taking on the persona of 2 photon particles traveling from the star Daneb to earth while they have this dialogue.

Really really cool stuff, I can't stop reading.
Old Apr 17, 2009 | 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by soggynoodles
dude your avatar. Is that the money I could be saving by switching to GEICO?
haha yep. it's watching all the photons
Old Apr 17, 2009 | 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by teamipr
This is also true for light, which is made of photons. Simply put, photons behave like a particle AND a wave. Yet, there's no simple explanation on why it behaves that way. All in all, it's just mind blowing, like imagining how truely big the universe is and what is beyond the known universe...
Wave/particle duality is great fun.

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