• Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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    6 hours ago

    Which is what’s so “magical” about it - Newtonian rules seem to break down at the quantum level.

    It was an incredible discovery, and for practically anyone not a physicist, it’s incredibly hard to comprehend. I say this as a not-a-physicist who struggled to comprehend it decades ago, and read several books on the subject to finally get my head around it (as much as a non-physicist can).

    Also, it’s just a meme mate.

    • cynar@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      I disagree with it being hard to comprehend. The maths is an absolute bitch, but the basic premise is fairly simple. Everything is (quantised) waves. The rest clicks, once you get your brain to accept this. Everything else is a consequence. Those consequences can lead you down deep dark tunnels, filled with evil maths and mind bending results, but the basic idea is simple.

      I have a bit of an issue with memes that are actively misleading.