Not Here, Not There, Not Nowhere, and Not Everywhere-Superposition in Real Life

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  • @helloimnisha
    @helloimnisha 6 років тому +238

    I watched the MIT course in high school and it is really worth the time. It is actually what got me interested in quantum mechanics. Now I am a second year physics student and from time to time I make sure that whatever I am learning, I can teach others in the simplest words possible. As I am taking new courses, I realize that not everything can be explained in simple words. But people like you amaze me. It takes immense understanding and talent to teach people as effectively as you do. Kudos to you! :)

    • @Just_Sara
      @Just_Sara 6 років тому +4

      Yep, you can only be sure you understand a concept if you can explain it to someone else! :)

    • @crepe-enjoyer
      @crepe-enjoyer 6 років тому +1

      Quantum mechanics is something any 8th grader can learn off of Google, etc.
      Lol. It is great fun to learn in my free time.

    • @LetsDrawDragons
      @LetsDrawDragons 6 років тому +4

      @@crepe-enjoyer r/verysmart

    • @crepe-enjoyer
      @crepe-enjoyer 6 років тому +1

      Not trying to claim I'm smart.
      I actually wanted to point out that even idiots can learn that stuff.

    • @giovannip8600
      @giovannip8600 6 років тому

      @@crepe-enjoyer I agree, but if that's so how do we define intelligence

  • @koceme
    @koceme 6 років тому +558

    My last 5% battery for this vid
    Very worth it

  • @Mysteri0usChannel
    @Mysteri0usChannel 6 років тому +116

    I really like watching science videos that are correct. I study physics and work at a local university and oh boy I really enjoy your videos as you explain stuff without dumbing it down or making it wrong.

    • @jagaimo3484
      @jagaimo3484 6 років тому +1

      "Science video's that are correct"
      0:11

  • @fakestory1753
    @fakestory1753 6 років тому +464

    Not Here, Not There, Not Nowhere, and Not Everywhere-Australia

    • @ZipTieGuyItRhymes
      @ZipTieGuyItRhymes 5 років тому +3

      I feel like that its not where...but something else

    • @Chobo077
      @Chobo077 5 років тому +2

      Or Finland

    • @dr3754
      @dr3754 4 роки тому +5

      INTERESTING AS THEY SAY AUSTRALIA AND FINLAND DO NOT EXIST -- I TELL'M NO THOSE PLACES ARE IN SUPERPOSITION.

    • @the8thark
      @the8thark 4 роки тому +2

      Discrimination.

    • @Luminsoldier
      @Luminsoldier 4 роки тому +2

      *laughs in New Zealand not being on world map*

  • @faresalhawaj9936
    @faresalhawaj9936 5 років тому +224

    The Action Lab not only teaches us science, it also teaches professors how to teach science

    • @superbc8109
      @superbc8109 3 роки тому +4

      That is sooo true!

    • @albertpenner1484
      @albertpenner1484 3 роки тому +4

      Right maybe I would have learned something if I watched UA-cam instead of go to elementary school

    • @stephenkamenar
      @stephenkamenar 3 роки тому +1

      yea except this explanation is taken directly from a college professor's class.
      i forget the name of it, but it's an hour long and completely awesome

    • @Greg-yu4ij
      @Greg-yu4ij 3 роки тому +1

      This explanation mixes electron orbital with polarized photons, adds in a touch of fictional hardness and color, and finally throws in sine waves for good measure. It makes an attempt but is a total mess and I am not sure it is helpful.

    • @redneckshaman3099
      @redneckshaman3099 2 роки тому

      I'm addicted to pigger nussy 😋

  • @JohnCena8351
    @JohnCena8351 6 років тому +551

    I have so much respect for quantum physicist..

  • @Salted_Pizza
    @Salted_Pizza 6 років тому +904

    USB ports explained.

    • @Laytonthek
      @Laytonthek 6 років тому +2

      haahahadahaha

    • @Arkadix11
      @Arkadix11 6 років тому +133

      It's about the situation when you try to put USB cable into USB port and it doesn't fit, so you turn it 180 degrees and it still doesn't fit, so you repeat the operation till you finally come up with an idea to look at it to be sure which orientation is correct.

    • @ChrisJohnson-kc8xj
      @ChrisJohnson-kc8xj 6 років тому +1

      😂😂😂😂

    • @aybo836
      @aybo836 6 років тому

      AHAHAHAHAHA perfect :D

    • @romanolejar805
      @romanolejar805 6 років тому +1

      😂😂

  • @Makebuildmodify
    @Makebuildmodify 6 років тому +222

    Question: if an electron goes through two consecutive hardness boxes and is found to be hard on the first box, is it a 100% chance that it'll be hard on the second box? Or does the first interaction meddle with the electrons state and change the probability to 50% again?

    • @TheActionLab
      @TheActionLab  6 років тому +155

      If it goes through a hardness box and is found to be hard it is 100% chance to be found hard after that as long as it doesn’t go through a color box.

    • @Makebuildmodify
      @Makebuildmodify 6 років тому +49

      @@TheActionLab Interesting. So when the first and second boxes are different, for example, color then hardness, what is special about the hardness interaction that allows for another color change?

    • @TheActionLab
      @TheActionLab  6 років тому +127

      It is the measurement of color that causes the change. It’s called the measurement dilemma. No matter what, when you measure things on a quantum level you inevitably cause changes to occurs. In the case color and hardness are actually spin of an electron in the y and x axis. They cannot be both known simultaneously. If you measure one, then you now know nothing (50/50) about the other

    • @Makebuildmodify
      @Makebuildmodify 6 років тому +27

      @@TheActionLab that make sense. Thanks!

    • @ShannMaekelSVivar
      @ShannMaekelSVivar 4 роки тому +42

      *Two big brain guys talking right here*

  • @songckim
    @songckim 6 місяців тому +2

    this is the BEST explanation of the quantum superposition and uncertainty principle ever. PERIOD. Much thanks for this straightforward and simple explanation.

  • @BangMaster96
    @BangMaster96 5 років тому +51

    Wow, this was by far the best explanation of quantum superposition i've come across on UA-cam.
    You are a great teacher.

  • @ado3247
    @ado3247 6 років тому +316

    0:04 me explaining how i lost my keys

    • @average312
      @average312 6 років тому +19

      And Ur parents reaction 0:11😉

    • @average312
      @average312 6 років тому

      And Ur parents reaction 0:11😉

    • @mahdihammoud7338
      @mahdihammoud7338 6 років тому

      You should write I explained

    • @eulyx7903
      @eulyx7903 6 років тому

      @@mahdihammoud7338 srsly?

    • @kkevan4138
      @kkevan4138 6 років тому

      @@average312 wierd flex but ok

  • @ProPlayer-wq3nu
    @ProPlayer-wq3nu 6 років тому +232

    0:17 someone make this a GIF ASAP

    • @Kubalopl
      @Kubalopl 6 років тому +20

      that one is fake, clearly lacks the 144p resolution lol

    • @Ad3l1N
      @Ad3l1N 6 років тому +4

      Lol, we know thats fake..

    • @iftihaq2117
      @iftihaq2117 6 років тому +7

      Adelin Stuparu r/wooooosh

    • @rannov.4707
      @rannov.4707 6 років тому +2

      Long time no see...

    • @JabranImran
      @JabranImran 6 років тому +3

      0:12

  • @njpromethium
    @njpromethium 6 років тому +442

    0:11 when 2nd graders read a 6th grader's book

  • @yashdangat7018
    @yashdangat7018 5 років тому +45

    0:11 this should be used for meme 😂😂

    • @V.444Azl
      @V.444Azl 5 місяців тому

      Fr 😂😂😂😂

    • @yodiggidydog9641
      @yodiggidydog9641 4 місяці тому +1

      If you haven't seen it, it's from Tim an Eric's awesome show from adult swim. Super funny and weird

  • @danmackneyii4750
    @danmackneyii4750 4 роки тому +117

    Person in my class with the guts to say what we all wanted to: "I don't think I understand this or really comprehend what's going on. I feel like I'm just going through the motions and getting better at solving the related equations"
    Quantum Mechanics Prof: "Nobody understands or comprehends what's going on. We just get better at going through the motions and solving the equations".... continues lecture without missing a beat.

    • @kevinkonig3892
      @kevinkonig3892 4 роки тому +9

      I believe QM to be a pile of bull.
      It's like saying God created the the world in 7 days and if you ask how he could possibly do that the answer is "cause he is special like that". Doesn't make logical sense but some kind of quantum magic is happening.
      And i think if people believe the answers can't be known as i have often heard they will not be looking for them. Or atleast way less motivated to do so.

    • @kevinkonig3892
      @kevinkonig3892 4 роки тому +11

      And it shuts down ideas.
      When i was around 12 or 13 i told my physics teacher that magnetism and gravity seem to me like 2 sides of the same coin. He kind of laughed at me (not really but the qay he said it felt condescending) and told me that they are 2 completely different things but he couldn't really explain either.

    • @wlan-kabel2749
      @wlan-kabel2749 4 роки тому +7

      Kevin König The only reason why anyone believes in QM is because the math is right.
      With god not so much.

    • @kevinkonig3892
      @kevinkonig3892 4 роки тому +3

      @Tyler
      Learning false facts is worse than learning nothing at all imo.
      What is the point in learning QM when it is fundamentally flawed ?
      When you say "taught" i hear "indoctrinate". If you talk and than in the end say "this could be all wrong it's just our assumptions we agreed on" i don't care what you have to say. That's not science. I care about claims
      (statements of facts) and not opinions.
      If you identify with your believes (also the believe that QM is correct) the vast majority of people won't ask questions that could disprove their believes. Causes cognitive dissonance. So once someone entered into the quantum cult he won't ask if magnetism and gravity are related because they KNOW they are 2 seperate forces. Gravity is gravity and magnetism is part of electro magnetic forces.
      Einstein not understanding light saying "neither particle nor wave explains light but together they do" was such a brainfart but for some reason everybody jumped on board with it and the theories it gave birth to.

    • @kevinkonig3892
      @kevinkonig3892 4 роки тому +5

      @@wlan-kabel2749
      For math to decribe an idea and be right that idea doesn't have to be correct.
      Nor do we have to understand it.
      I can give you the math for egg boiling and how long of a boiling time will give you how hard of an egg. For the explanation i could make up some bs as long as i can wrap the math arround it.
      So that math is correct doesn't prove the idea of QM nor does the fact that we have technology.

  • @BobMcCoy
    @BobMcCoy 6 років тому +203

    *_I am in a Superposition_*
    _weird flex, but okay_

    • @Cxntrxl
      @Cxntrxl 6 років тому

      5000 subscribers with no videos
      Deserves more subs.

  • @MammaOVlogs
    @MammaOVlogs 6 років тому +206

    l've been there! This is mind boggling! loved the fireworks at the beginning Lol.

  • @hitsssssssssssssssss
    @hitsssssssssssssssss 6 років тому +77

    Whatever that firework is, it was the weirdest thing I've witnessed in my life

    • @christianheichel
      @christianheichel 5 років тому +1

      The phrase "mind blown" is what's referenced

    • @NoBuE-Hell
      @NoBuE-Hell 5 років тому +1

      Yeah

    • @Kwauhn.
      @Kwauhn. 3 роки тому +1

      It's a reference to a bit in a Tim and Eric episode:
      ua-cam.com/video/9CS7j5I6aOc/v-deo.html

  • @DarthAlphaTheGreat
    @DarthAlphaTheGreat 3 роки тому +15

    Quantum Physics is like students doing homework. You can start the homework anytime...until you have to hand it in. :P

  • @erazure.
    @erazure. 6 років тому +64

    I thought you were going to show the even cooler thing you can do with polarising filters; if you get two of them at 90 degrees to each other then no light gets through, yet if you put a third one in between at 45 degrees then all of a sudden light can pass through all of them

    • @Hallowed_Ground
      @Hallowed_Ground 6 років тому +2

      How is that possible?

    • @erazure.
      @erazure. 6 років тому +5

      Because science

    • @erazure.
      @erazure. 5 років тому +3

      Dat Mustach try again? Maybe this time in English?

    • @Edwin-wn3ss
      @Edwin-wn3ss 5 років тому

      Corbin its explained in this video
      Basically, its superposition and it resets everytime?(maybe im not sure)
      ua-cam.com/video/zcqZHYo7ONs/v-deo.html

    • @official-obama
      @official-obama 2 роки тому +2

      @@Hallowed_Ground If it's polarised vertically, and you flatten it down horizontally, it becomes nothing. But, if you flatten it diagonally before you flatten it horizontally, it's still there

  • @ado3247
    @ado3247 6 років тому +66

    0:04 explaining to my mom where my good grades went

    • @maddyterrell0
      @maddyterrell0 6 років тому +2

      If you watched the whole video then you won't need those good grades, you'll be a certified quantum physicist.

    • @morpher728
      @morpher728 6 років тому

      @@maddyterrell0 boi

  • @SireCaracal
    @SireCaracal 6 років тому +60

    0:11 to 0:24, yeah, happy Diwali to you too.... 🙃

  • @VeVe02
    @VeVe02 6 років тому +30

    I don’t know why but this video just made me oddly happy 😄 You explain physics really well and it feels awesome to understand it. Thanks! :)

    • @bierymolina4379
      @bierymolina4379 2 роки тому +2

      Adult: “what do you want to be when you grow up”
      Kid: “I don’t know”
      Narrator: “The kid is in super position.”

  • @wlffrostgacha2296
    @wlffrostgacha2296 5 років тому +43

    *BrainSystem.exe unfortunately stopped working*

  • @brianegendorf2023
    @brianegendorf2023 Рік тому

    First of al,l thank you for doing something no other teacher I've seen do when talking about the hard/soft black/white boxes. They always talk about the percentages 0/100 percent or 50 percent. But never the actual numbers of how many particles you are starting and ending with. That actually helped me understand this a little more than previous videos have.

  • @Bibatkovstvo
    @Bibatkovstvo 6 років тому +11

    why did i watch this right after i woke up expecting i'm gonna understand what this video is about lol

  • @ghostofsparta5100
    @ghostofsparta5100 6 років тому +114

    Legends says if you're early and you say His name 3 times He will like your comment and respond.
    -The Action Lab
    -The Action Lab
    -The Action Lab
    But is this legend true?Nobody knows.

    • @TheActionLab
      @TheActionLab  6 років тому +49

      The Action Lab aka Betelgeuse

    • @ghostofsparta5100
      @ghostofsparta5100 6 років тому +19

      The Action Lab Damn,that was fast.

    • @akgamer1825
      @akgamer1825 6 років тому +4

      @@TheActionLab I tried the legend. It hasn't worked so far

    • @ghostofsparta5100
      @ghostofsparta5100 6 років тому +1

      iiDogeKingii - Roblox and more random letters Well,you gotta be very early.

    • @TruthIsTheNewHate84
      @TruthIsTheNewHate84 6 років тому +3

      @@akgamer1825 it only works for people who dont play roblox.

  • @magicweaponr072
    @magicweaponr072 6 років тому +19

    "The only time one specific elementary particle is not in super position is exactly when you're measuring it. As soon as it leaves your measurement device you have no idea what position it's in"
    You know, this is a pretty solid argument for simulation theory. Elementary particles not being "rendered" or "watched/measured" don't need a position to be in, because they're not in "sight", or "rendered". This is the same principle we use to optimize games and save computational power. Amazing video!

    • @undefined.indeterminacy
      @undefined.indeterminacy 6 років тому

      Measure = Define = Alter

    • @rylandrobinson778
      @rylandrobinson778 6 років тому

      ?

    • @experimentalgaming1366
      @experimentalgaming1366 6 років тому

      i have no idea what this means but i want a really long comment but reason further
      Read more

    • @danielflynn4789
      @danielflynn4789 3 роки тому

      Very good thought. I think your closer to the truth than most realize

    • @erinm9445
      @erinm9445 Місяць тому

      The counterargument to this is that the universe still needs to know the wave function even whent he particle isn't "rendered", and the wave function requires far more computational power than simple locational coordinates, spin coordinates, etc. Furthermore, most matter spends most of its time being "rendered" because most of it is entangled with other things.

  • @johnfreeman2956
    @johnfreeman2956 6 років тому +3

    if we just leave electrons alone, they do all sorts of work for us (electricity, etc),. But as soon as start asking them "oh hey how are you?" and "what'd you do last weekend" they literally exit reality.
    Sounds like me on a Friday night.

  • @JKPArtsStories
    @JKPArtsStories 4 роки тому +6

    When he said in your chemistry class... I finally understood everything, what is superposition and what are the orbitals, and the shells of an atom. The next time any of my friends ask a doubt about superposition I will show them this video.😊

  • @bean_bttf3
    @bean_bttf3 6 років тому +50

    *When you find the particle you want in a measurable position...*
    “Oh hi Mark.”

  • @i.i.iiii.i.i
    @i.i.iiii.i.i 6 років тому +283

    PSSHHUUAAAA PSSHHUUAAAA PSSHHUUAAAA

    • @Chmze799
      @Chmze799 5 років тому

      Glitched Channel?????????????????????????????? ������������v

    • @paulcarey3195
      @paulcarey3195 5 років тому

      So funny

    • @Incognito-rb4tz
      @Incognito-rb4tz 4 роки тому

      ~~ERROR~~

    • @indriyantoYin
      @indriyantoYin 4 роки тому

      My brain has stopped working
      0:11

  • @BigTpetty
    @BigTpetty 6 років тому +9

    Man, I can really appreciate your incorporation of memes when possible. I've learned much from you, Mr. Action Lab man!

  • @zachlebria8982
    @zachlebria8982 6 років тому +43

    “That’s how EVERY it gets.”

  • @dujonsonkar4221
    @dujonsonkar4221 2 роки тому +1

    One of the best explanations of superposition for a layman like me. Absolutely wonderful.

  • @jash9982
    @jash9982 6 років тому +49

    Action lab
    Action lab
    Action lab??
    Will it work again?

  • @dash0173
    @dash0173 6 років тому +4

    this is absolutely incredible. so glad i found this channel! it’s crazy that you actually made quantum physics understandable

  • @noahstafford0001
    @noahstafford0001 6 років тому +15

    14:09 I need to put that on my job application

  • @coriscotupi
    @coriscotupi 5 років тому +5

    10:40 - *_"And then_** it's when it has to choose its final state of what polarization it is".*
    ...What if you put a third polarizer _after_ that? Will it not also block light depending on its angle? Unfortunately I don't have 3 polarizers at hand to experiment placing two of them at 45 degrees passing some 50% of the light and then placing a third one at various angles to see what happens. If anyone does have 3 polarizers at hand and would experiment, that would be cool.
    But I do have two polarizers and remembered that the light coming off of the LCD monitor is polarized, so I played with it - and found the weirdest effect:
    1. Place a polarizer near your eye and orient it such that the LCD screen turns "black".
    2. Keeping the filter near your eye and maintaining that orientation (black screen), put the second polarizer _between_ that first one and the LCD and rotate it. There will be a position where it will UNDO the blocking of that first polarizer, i.e, you will see a black LCD monitor screen as expected, but with the monitor image brightly passing _only_ through that second polarizer, in a funny "round crop" kind of effect.
    Not sure why that happens, but sure was unexpected.

  • @chrislong3938
    @chrislong3938 9 місяців тому

    The USB port analogy is always the best one for this theory!
    The first time I heard it, I blew beer through my nose!
    The understanding became perfectly clear!

  • @manaspratimbiswas7004
    @manaspratimbiswas7004 6 років тому +29

    Seemed as if he were celebrating diwali (at the beginning of the vid)...with his mind....:)

  • @BRIANMORGANNOW
    @BRIANMORGANNOW 6 років тому +16

    My damn electrons in my brain said “Holy Batman, this crap is deep, give me two more beers...”

  • @hugo511
    @hugo511 6 років тому +203

    It’s called friendzone

  • @girlnado
    @girlnado 3 роки тому

    Almost fifteen years of recreational fascination with quantum mechanics and this guy explains the uncertainty principle and superposition clearer than anything else I've seen or read.

  • @silverspin
    @silverspin 6 місяців тому

    You were born to be an educator with how well you get it through 🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @Blankult
    @Blankult 6 років тому +133

    I'm a qualified quantum physicist.

    • @OkkaOk
      @OkkaOk 6 років тому +9

      Yeah, me too. Let's work on theory of everything then? :D

    • @Blankult
      @Blankult 6 років тому

      @@OkkaOk lel

    • @jaceygardenwray3413
      @jaceygardenwray3413 6 років тому +2

      I’m a ham sandwich.

    • @Diddy_Doodat
      @Diddy_Doodat 6 років тому +3

      I'm just an angry black man

    • @appmicro
      @appmicro 6 років тому

      @@OkkaOk 42

  • @starsandcigz
    @starsandcigz 6 років тому +10

    watching your videos makes me feel scientifically scientific

    • @paulstresing6461
      @paulstresing6461 6 років тому

      What are you doing here nigel

    • @starsandcigz
      @starsandcigz 6 років тому

      learning as much as I can from this madman so I can outmart the fat tomato

    • @paulstresing6461
      @paulstresing6461 6 років тому

      @@starsandcigz tell leon to upload more 😂😂

    • @starsandcigz
      @starsandcigz 6 років тому +1

      He just did ;)

  • @ZENMASTERME1
    @ZENMASTERME1 6 років тому +32

    To Anyone That Reads This!
    May You And Your Family Always Be Blessed With Good Fortune!!

    • @thingtalope571
      @thingtalope571 6 років тому +1

      Thanks bro! :)

    • @Just_Sara
      @Just_Sara 6 років тому

      To you as well!

    • @ZENMASTERME1
      @ZENMASTERME1 6 років тому +1

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      @saifmohammad7581 6 років тому +1

      @@ZENMASTERME1 respect +100

  • @wassupyo4775
    @wassupyo4775 3 роки тому +27

    Are we absolutely certain that by “measuring” the electron that we’re not changing it in some way?

    • @magnuswright5572
      @magnuswright5572 3 роки тому +6

      The whole point of the video is that measuring the electron changes it

    • @pointofinterest5981
      @pointofinterest5981 2 роки тому +1

      My teacher said that when we measure the position of an electron (we throw photons at the electron to measure it ) the photons change the velocity of the electron because they have some momentum so we cannot accurately measure both position and velocity at the same time.

    • @maozedong8370
      @maozedong8370 4 місяці тому

      Are we also certain that it just doesn't stop moving? I mean, if you continuously measure something that is never in the same state of position, it just means it is continuously moving. Of course if you measure something always moving or twisting around, you will never get the same position. All you could really calculate is the area the thing you are measuring moves in.
      Perhaps this is more so just not understanding that elemental particles move completely randomly within their area and that makes it impossible to measure. It isn't as though they are like the orbits of planets which are predictable and easy to calculate. It isn't that they aren't anywhere nor nowhere, it is just that tracking the position of a particle that moves completely randomly cannot be done.

  • @shans2408
    @shans2408 3 роки тому

    Holy Mother of God. This video suddenly makes superposition so clear in my mind. Earlier I thought it just means electron is everywhere.

  • @randomrimrock
    @randomrimrock 6 років тому +56

    I'm currently in a superposition

    • @kaylagordineer5494
      @kaylagordineer5494 6 років тому +1

      Random RimRock // TripleR what? How?

    • @Davidbg8
      @Davidbg8 6 років тому +4

      Kayla Gordineer He hasn’t been measured.

    • @soleil3847
      @soleil3847 5 років тому

      Low key could he be? We don’t know exactly where he is so is he anywhere and nowhere until someone confirms he is somewhere? Or maybe that doesn’t work bc he knows where he is. Interesting...

  • @Se7eNiToS
    @Se7eNiToS 6 років тому +9

    1.7M, We've come a long way. You deserve everything you got and more!
    Stay curious!!!

  • @visharadjoshi745
    @visharadjoshi745 6 років тому +32

    0:13 happy diwali love from India 😂😂

  • @mattclaybaugh8578
    @mattclaybaugh8578 4 роки тому +2

    Love the Tim and Eric tribute with the mind exploding fireworks lol

  • @OleCarlsen-us1yw
    @OleCarlsen-us1yw Рік тому

    me: going to look at the action lab to learn new things.
    The Action lab: if it's not here, not there, not nowhere, and not everywhere.
    tho the pov was beautiful.
    lot of love.

  • @TagAlongTushu
    @TagAlongTushu 6 років тому +15

    Happy Diwali from India

    • @Xleda
      @Xleda 6 років тому +1

      Go sub to pewdiepie

  • @Sid-ix5qr
    @Sid-ix5qr 6 років тому +25

    Heisenberg told us that we cannot measure two things simultaneously.
    A scientist shows us the path to light from darkness, while look at this man; he just threw us into darkness...

    • @snakebae6259
      @snakebae6259 4 роки тому

      if two electrons in wavelength forms clash with each other that means measuring one electron will cause you to automatically measure the second. It is a pretty fucked up theory.

  • @taiyosketches
    @taiyosketches 6 років тому +8

    UA-cam gave me a notification that is 1 day late....
    Pvvvvvwahhhhh! Pvvvvwahhhhh! * mind blows *

  • @kylephelps9716
    @kylephelps9716 4 роки тому

    @The Action Lab I'm a current college student in Geoscience and you are my religion if such a thing exists. When I have a term that I just don't know where they got it from and what it really means... Action Lab to the rescue. This is really helpful, thank you.

  • @andietheviolist9177
    @andietheviolist9177 6 років тому

    14:08 WHOA, so now I’m a qualified quantum physicist and only eleven years old, because I managed to comprehend this. That made my day, Action Lab.

    • @metrom3494
      @metrom3494 3 роки тому

      This is the one mf in class that reminds the teacher to give you homework😂

  • @SourcePortEntertainment
    @SourcePortEntertainment 6 років тому +177

    Easy... style="position: absolute;" solved! 🤔😜

    • @magicweaponr072
      @magicweaponr072 6 років тому +11

      Or even better, display: none;
      Or, the best solution: superPosition.remove();

    • @iwishawesomeness5602
      @iwishawesomeness5602 6 років тому +5

      is this a computer coding joke? because I'm a physics student and I don't get this!! or I'm just a really bad physics student!!

    • @nitin-code-comedy
      @nitin-code-comedy 6 років тому +9

      @@iwishawesomeness5602 css joke and JavaScript joke. Webpage development

    • @iwishawesomeness5602
      @iwishawesomeness5602 6 років тому +1

      @@nitin-code-comedy oh thanks! For a minute there I started to doubt myself!

    • @daanklein880
      @daanklein880 6 років тому +3

      Or:
      system.earth.hack = "true";
      government.bank.account.moneyAmount = "9999999999";

  • @akgamer1825
    @akgamer1825 6 років тому +9

    -The Action Lab
    -The Action Lab
    -The Action Lab
    Can I summon a heart?

    • @TheActionLab
      @TheActionLab  6 років тому +3

      One more time, I guess

    • @akgamer1825
      @akgamer1825 6 років тому

      @@TheActionLab thank you for hearting my unoriginal comment!

    • @ghostofsparta5100
      @ghostofsparta5100 6 років тому

      iiDogeKingii - Roblox and more random letters Lol!Thats my comment,who knew seeing people stealing my comment would be so heart warming?

  • @mrfarooqkhan8454
    @mrfarooqkhan8454 5 років тому +6

    The world now has 200K quantum scientists !
    Wow
    Thx to This Man !😍

  • @JumpingMike333
    @JumpingMike333 5 років тому

    that was actualy some of the best explanations ive seen on the topic

  • @paulocoelho558
    @paulocoelho558 2 роки тому +1

    I always vaguely understood the superposition concept but now I understand it much better! Thanks🙂

  • @ompatel958
    @ompatel958 6 років тому +15

    Happy Diwali To You Also (0:11)😹😹

  • @bctalicorn809
    @bctalicorn809 6 років тому +10

    Superposition describes my stance on how I vote.

  • @MrBboer
    @MrBboer 6 років тому +52

    anwser to your question: It's in your kichten.... obviously

  • @hasangarmarudi2178
    @hasangarmarudi2178 3 роки тому

    Finally I understand quantum physics. Thanks action lab

  • @jaybingham3711
    @jaybingham3711 4 роки тому

    Qualified Quantum Physicist with expertise in polarization. Noiiicce. Just updated resume and forwarding it to CERN. Fingers crossed!

  • @daedricdragon5976
    @daedricdragon5976 4 роки тому +18

    "If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics."
    - Dr. Richard Feynman

    • @KenJohansen
      @KenJohansen 4 роки тому

      That was something he said longe ago. We knows a lot more now.

    • @מטגורג
      @מטגורג 3 роки тому

      I don’t understand this at all

    • @captainhd9741
      @captainhd9741 3 роки тому

      I understand QM 🤦🏻‍♂️ and it’s easy. It’s called STOP FOLLOWING WHATEVER PHYSICISTS SAY. They almost NEVER tell you amidst all this fairytale that they create that it’s all just a stupid philosophical interpretation called the Copenhagen Interpretation. I very very very rarely hear anyone discuss these fairytale ideas of probability or particle being everywhere without them first mentioning those ideas are just philosophical and not concrete science.
      Google it, really.! “Copenhagen interpretation”.

  • @oreobhushan
    @oreobhushan 6 років тому +4

    0:10 Those fireworks 🔥 FOREIGN VERSION OF "THAIN THAIN"

  • @RandomMaking
    @RandomMaking 6 років тому +4

    Omg I just learned the most important thing in my life. Why don’t they teach you this in school?

    • @GIRGHGH
      @GIRGHGH 6 років тому

      They taught the version about polarized light in my school.

  • @HeVn7LaO
    @HeVn7LaO 9 місяців тому

    Thank you for the demonstration and explanation. It was explained in such a manner that someone like me who don’t have a bg in quantum mechanics can understand…the visuals helped a lot too…

  • @stevoplex
    @stevoplex 2 роки тому

    Back in the 1990s, I was in a work related superposition, first as chemisrty bench lab tech, secondly the state licensed OHSA mandated wastewater operator grade 3-industrial, and thirdly, a field tech to install, operate, calibrate, redesign / reengineer and repair our system's use in the field by our customers . Tough to do all three simultaneously. So I got a raise and promotion to field engineer and operator, with a 20% raise. Yay!

  • @subhraneelmazumder9079
    @subhraneelmazumder9079 6 років тому +9

    10:12 DIDN'T EXPECT THAT FROM HIM!!!

  • @ShadowLobster
    @ShadowLobster 6 років тому +25

    Legend says that if you are one hour late he wont heart.

    • @TheActionLab
      @TheActionLab  6 років тому +15

      Don’t you dare limit me

    • @ShadowLobster
      @ShadowLobster 6 років тому

      The fudge you hearted in a minute but thats against the legend.

    • @ShadowLobster
      @ShadowLobster 6 років тому

      @@heinzig5929 what 2 hours?

    • @heinzig5929
      @heinzig5929 6 років тому

      when you are 2 hours late

    • @ShadowLobster
      @ShadowLobster 6 років тому

      @@heinzig5929 i am 1 hour late you should compare the times of upload. And Whoooosh yourself

  • @soumyadipmukherjee460
    @soumyadipmukherjee460 6 років тому +17

    Sir,this video is little confusing, please remake this one with a more enlarged and simplified tone.Hats off sir for your videos,they are outstanding.

  • @imoviegirl
    @imoviegirl 3 роки тому

    This helps me understand what living out of time will look like. I'm currently writing my senior thesis on the flexible nature of reality, and totally rabbit trailing... but boy is this fun!!! I suppose the Great I AM lives in this state all the time?

  • @peharda
    @peharda 2 роки тому

    Damn. That gave me a pretty solid perspective on superposition. Reallygreat video!

  • @firstlast6148
    @firstlast6148 6 років тому +13

    I have a question!
    I am a 15 year old boy watching your videos from months and now you gave me the certificate of quantum physicst.
    So, can I get a job now?

    • @mamupelu565
      @mamupelu565 6 років тому +11

      yes, you can now apply to the nearest McDonald and they will hire you right away

    • @notrealmusic6758
      @notrealmusic6758 6 років тому

      Or designing cardboard boxes...

    • @rukna3775
      @rukna3775 6 років тому +1

      ok, then lets together go to the nearest McDonald

    • @notrealmusic6758
      @notrealmusic6758 6 років тому +1

      @@rukna3775 Lol!

    • @risk4485
      @risk4485 6 років тому

      No you must need to become a *physicist* not ‘physicst’

  • @TheMilkman04
    @TheMilkman04 6 років тому +9

    Does that mean they’re constantly spinning at such high of a speed it’s impossible to tell that they are, that way it can lock on to whatever position you make them go?

    • @qasidfarooqi9821
      @qasidfarooqi9821 4 роки тому

      😵😵😵

    • @voges1001
      @voges1001 4 роки тому

      Electrons aren’t spinning

    • @anonymous.youtuber
      @anonymous.youtuber 2 роки тому

      If they were really spinning, in what direction would they spin ? If you’d look at them from the opposite side then they would spin in the other direction. Maybe the name “spin” isn’t an ideal choice.

  • @muhammadgaber5939
    @muhammadgaber5939 6 років тому +34

    *Vsause left the chat*

  • @clairebluemew
    @clairebluemew 4 роки тому

    YESS this helped me understand amplitude probability of quantum mechanics

  • @Dippedinsilver1974
    @Dippedinsilver1974 5 років тому +1

    What a great way to explain superposition! I really enjoy your videos. Thank you!!!

  • @sarthaknimbalkar5868
    @sarthaknimbalkar5868 4 роки тому +4

    I believe that hardness and color refer to velocity and displacement according to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle

    • @douwemonsma5874
      @douwemonsma5874 4 роки тому +2

      velocity and position

    • @srinjay4234
      @srinjay4234 3 роки тому

      Actually momentum and position

    • @erinm9445
      @erinm9445 24 дні тому

      He says in the video: it refers to spin up/down, and spin left/right.

  • @vaishnavsv7
    @vaishnavsv7 6 років тому +27

    Didn't understand anything!

  • @knifu8979
    @knifu8979 4 роки тому +6

    Question: If the photons are not comming through the second polarizer, when you keep the second polarizer at 90 degrees, where are they going?

    • @skateraptor12
      @skateraptor12 2 роки тому +2

      They are bouncing off away from the polarizer instead of going through into your eye

  • @aether-elephant
    @aether-elephant 3 роки тому

    This is the first time I've understood spin.. I think!!.. thanks!

  • @codycoyote6912
    @codycoyote6912 2 роки тому

    Good way to simplify this and make it understandable.

  • @andrewmarkizon4805
    @andrewmarkizon4805 6 років тому +7

    I’m not sure but I think what he’s saying is that to achieve complete superposition you need use a bounce pad and hit Kevin the Cube

  • @shonakkhan9623
    @shonakkhan9623 6 років тому +18

    I tapped so quick it started but it didnt start

    • @ezrastewart543
      @ezrastewart543 6 років тому

      Then what did it do??? #newthemeforthevideo

    • @shonakkhan9623
      @shonakkhan9623 6 років тому

      Lol that was funny ask schrodinger lol

  • @pushkarkulkarni4861
    @pushkarkulkarni4861 6 років тому +6

    I have a question james,
    Can we powderise water just like milk and other liquids?

    • @ryuguy032197
      @ryuguy032197 6 років тому +4

      freeze water then grind it.... there you go powderised

    • @pushkarkulkarni4861
      @pushkarkulkarni4861 6 років тому +2

      Oh yeah really!!👍👍, the powederising meanse making the substance solid state. Good one

    • @ryuguy032197
      @ryuguy032197 6 років тому +2

      @@pushkarkulkarni4861 i mean it's also sometimes called Snow

    • @pushkarkulkarni4861
      @pushkarkulkarni4861 6 років тому +1

      @@ryuguy032197 yeah yes, its snow

    • @huntcringedown2721
      @huntcringedown2721 6 років тому +1

      You cannot powderize it in the room temperature, only below 0°C

  • @ishaanabanerjee4905
    @ishaanabanerjee4905 2 роки тому

    That wassss SSSOO helpful and good!!! Loved it☺️

  • @amanjain4246
    @amanjain4246 5 років тому

    It's mind blowing.
    LITERALLY.

  • @josebarria3233
    @josebarria3233 3 роки тому +4

    It's funny because all of the weirdness of superposition can be avoided if you consider both light and electrons are just waves

  • @shade5554
    @shade5554 6 років тому +7

    13:30, you said we can "hardly" ever find it outside the marked area not "never".
    Any reason?

    • @erylkenner8045
      @erylkenner8045 6 років тому +4

      It's because those are *probability* clouds. So, the chance of finding an electron WITHIN the cloud is high. OUTSIDE the cloud, there's still a probability, it's just extremely small. So small we ignore it.
      We visualize the probability distribution as a "cloud" that captures the shape and size of where all reasonable values would happen, but there does exist a minute probability for the electron to exist anywhere technically.

    • @thyagarajanb728
      @thyagarajanb728 6 років тому +1

      You have very good ears dude

    • @arthurg.machado6803
      @arthurg.machado6803 6 років тому

      The elétrons of any given atom might actually be anywhere in the universe, but it gets less likely the farther away it is. But anywhere out of the so called orbital is already very very unlikely

  • @satyampatel3713
    @satyampatel3713 5 років тому +6

    What does this guy said gone over my head.

  • @paulalbares643
    @paulalbares643 3 роки тому

    This is the best demonstration I've seen to explain superposition.

  • @doctorwinston7767
    @doctorwinston7767 3 роки тому

    Awesome Tim & Eric reference. Great job!