Quantum mechanics explained, using salad, steak, and a puppy.
It’s stuff like this that reminds me I’m not as smart as I sometimes think I am.
This is a really good explanation. I remember a lecturer trying to use a (hypothetical) cat, cardboard box and a dish of rat poison to tell the same story - this is a much nicer version.
Don't worry if you don't get it, it's pretty tough for physics students to get their heads around these thought experiments also.
Joshua Benton is the director of the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University, among other things. Before that, he was a staff writer and columnist for The Dallas Morning News. (More.)
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