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Not really. A field's normal vibration is like plucking a guitar string. A quantum is like shaking the end of a rope and seeing a ripple fly down it.
by ajkjk 3y ago
Not really.
A field's normal vibration is like plucking a guitar string. A quantum is like shaking the end of a rope and seeing a ripple fly down it.
- jameshart 3y agoA more developed version of this metaphor showed up on Youtube this very week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExhSqq1jysg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExhSqq1jysg
- ajkjk 3y ago(well, the guitar string part isn't very apt. It's more like: two objects are flying connected by a stretchy rope)