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My model for understanding phenomena where quantum effects matter is this: if you think of the universe like a big sheet of something stretchy, an electron/prot
by notfish 3y ago
My model for understanding phenomena where quantum effects matter is this: if you think of the universe like a big sheet of something stretchy, an electron/proton/particle is just a knot tied in the sheet. Outside of some small region local to the knot the sheet looks flat.
- jacquesm 3y agoIt looks flat but the tension isn't flat. That's why that analogy is so beautiful because it suggests the existence of another force that works at any distance and weakens the further away you get from the point of the knot (gravity).