{"id":13416,"date":"2020-05-05T07:14:19","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T14:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/?p=13416"},"modified":"2020-05-10T09:04:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T16:04:49","slug":"the-biggest-ideas-in-the-universe-7-quantum-mechanics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/05\/the-biggest-ideas-in-the-universe-7-quantum-mechanics\/","title":{"rendered":"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | 7. Quantum Mechanics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I thought about making the title for this week&#8217;s Idea simply &#8220;Quantum,&#8221; since one-word titles are kind of cool, but ultimately decided that accuracy was a higher priority than coolness. That&#8217;s why I&#8217;ll never be cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyway, quantum mechanics! This installment runs down the basic ideas; we&#8217;ll leave the conceptual heavy lifting for next week.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | 7. Quantum Mechanics\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_BJlkkOIFjx4\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/BJlkkOIFjx4\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BJlkkOIFjx4\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1H5M28S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-05-05T14:13:11Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_BJlkkOIFjx4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/BJlkkOIFjx4\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | 7. Quantum Mechanics<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BJlkkOIFjx4\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/BJlkkOIFjx4\/0.jpg\" alt=\"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | 7. Quantum Mechanics\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe is a series of videos where I talk informally about some of the fundamental concepts that help us understand our natural world. Exceedingly casual, not overly polished, and meant for absolutely everybody. This is Idea #7, &quot;Quantum Mechanics.&quot; We talk about the quantum recipe -- the basic ingredients of wave function and Schr\u00f6dinger equation, and how they are mixed together -- leaving deeper interpretational issues for later. My web page: http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/ My YouTube channel: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/seancarroll Mindscape podcast: http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/podcast The Biggest Ideas playlist: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLrxfgDEc2NxZJcWcrxH3jyjUUrJlnoyzX Blog posts for the series: http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/category\/biggest-ideas-in-the-universe\/ Background image: https:\/\/woowpaper.blogspot.com\/2020\/02\/ultra-hd-3d-wallpaper-blue.html #science #physics #ideas #universe #learning #cosmology #philosophy #quantum\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And here is the Q&amp;A video. Mostly I talk about the double-slit experiment, and how it implies that the wave function is something other than simply a stand-in for our lack of knowledge about where the particle is.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | Q&amp;amp;A 7 - Quantum Mechanics\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_4ov5hCkj3hQ\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/4ov5hCkj3hQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4ov5hCkj3hQ\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT46M6S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-05-10T16:03:53Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_4ov5hCkj3hQ\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/4ov5hCkj3hQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | Q&amp;A 7 - Quantum Mechanics<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4ov5hCkj3hQ\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/4ov5hCkj3hQ\/0.jpg\" alt=\"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe | Q&amp;amp;A 7 - Quantum Mechanics\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe is a series of videos where I talk informally about some of the fundamental concepts that help us understand our natural world. Exceedingly casual, not overly polished, and meant for absolutely everybody. This is the Q&amp;A video associated with Idea #7, &quot;Quantum Mechanics.&quot; Mostly it&#039;s about the double-slit experiment, and why the wave function isn&#039;t just a cheap tool for calculating probabilities. But then at the end I get into the weeds a bit talking about the sense in which quantum states form a vector space. My web page: http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/ My YouTube channel: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/seancarroll Mindscape podcast: http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/podcast The Biggest Ideas playlist: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLrxfgDEc2NxZJcWcrxH3jyjUUrJlnoyzX Blog posts for the series: http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/category\/biggest-ideas-in-the-universe\/ Background image: https:\/\/woowpaper.blogspot.com\/2020\/02\/ultra-hd-3d-wallpaper-blue.html #science #physics #ideas #universe #learning #cosmology #philosophy #quantum\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought about making the title for this week&#8217;s Idea simply &#8220;Quantum,&#8221; since one-word titles are kind of cool, but ultimately decided that accuracy was a higher priority than coolness. That&#8217;s why I&#8217;ll never be cool. Anyway, quantum mechanics! This installment runs down the basic ideas; we&#8217;ll leave the conceptual heavy lifting for next week. 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