The Wave/Particle Duality - Part 2

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In this episode, I revisit the wave particle duality and present an intuitive analogy for understanding how it works.

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[quiz0walkthroughs]

omg i hate those lil ads that pop up!!! if it wasnt already hard to concentrate

[OhhhShippp]

His comedy is distracting me :P

[Spiderboydk]

@MisterAwesan Quantum mechanic behaviour is only apparent in the microscopic scale. When atoms combine together, their combined wave function is much more centralized and makes it act more and more like a particle.

Afaik the biggest object we've observed quantum mechanic wave behaviour of, is the helium nucleus.

[MisterAwesan]

But if we're made of particles that act like waves, why don't we as a whole act like waves?

[taXicity]

Yeah but what magic carries photons to form a light wave? :D

[MrShortDictionary]

i can't believe i learned this in chemistry just a few weeks ago. i feel so smart now

[hectorbector11]

If you're still interested in wave particle duality, look up the double slit experiment. Really interesting stuff.

[RichardAttengift]

Born rulez ;-)

[livedandletdie]

@quiz0walkthroughs adblocker and other addons are out there.

[123twigy]

This like the first video i understand