Information can’t travel faster than light, things can.
Part 1
If you threw a tennis ball at a solid wall, it will strike the wall and ricochet back at you every single time you do it. And it’s nothing unique. In fact, that is exactly what everyone expects it do. It is general physics. A strong barrier will always prevent any incoming object from passing through it.
But at the quantum level, this isn’t strictly true. At quantum level, things are bizarre. Everything is weird.
If you replace a tennis ball with a quantum particle, and the solid wall with any quantum mechanical barrier, there is a finite possibility that the particle will tunnel through the barrier, and will wind up being detected on the other side.
It’s as if you threw the tennis ball at the wall and it went right through it ending up on the other side without being affected.
We have successfully measured how long the tunneling process takes and found that it was instantaneous.
But this doesn’t mean that it happened faster than the speed of light.
Quantum Universe is a peculiar place. But why is it the way it is?
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Because things are more fluid than solid?
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Like if you push water it changes. If you push a chair the perceptible structure of the chair does not change so maybe at a quantum level things are more affected by all kinds of “pushes.”
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wait what?? can you explain it more??
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I’m not a physicist but he threw out the question to the public. I was just pointing out a difference between fluid and solid states and wondering whether particles at the quantum level may be acting more like fluids that are further subjected to forces we currently may not be fully aware of.
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This introduction is clear and helpful. Quantum reality and speeds faster than the speed of light? Exciting to contemplate. I look forward to reading and learning more.
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Good introduction to quantum physics where art and science are one.
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One question – do you believe like some do that if for example your traditional IQ is 150 that with practice you can get it to 160?
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No.
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Why? I think studies have shown increases of about 10 points.
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Isn’t stable and lasting.
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Then you could say the same is true for 180 right?
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obviously. If it could be increased in that way, O’Brien would have had almost 250 by now.
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I mean maybe 180 would turn to 170
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Not unless someone suffers from severe mental trauma.
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With aging also I imagine…
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Not considerably.
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I disagree there.
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And I don’t care. The answer to all the stupid questions you just asked is Professor Stephen Hawking.
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Perhaps his IQ was working better when he was 30. I’m not saying geniuses become “stupid.” You really should be more respectful.
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Again. I don’t have to and I don’t care.
For your questions are deeply and intensively stupid.
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Which one.
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I look at your nasty comments as having nothing to do with me, and I wish you well.
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Well this is certainly intriguing!!
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