#but dont use it as an actual philosophical argument or gotcha in a conversation bc. you are probably misunderstanding something
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my honest take is that if you can't do the actual math you have no business bringing up quantum mechanics in a serious discussion
#☢️.txt#it is incredibly fucking hard to explain quantum mechanics even if you know how to do the math#obviously like. have fun read about it! ask questions! use it in stories!#but dont use it as an actual philosophical argument or gotcha in a conversation bc. you are probably misunderstanding something#there are literal physics phds who dont understand quantum mechanics well. its a hard topic! its difficult!#it uses a lot of extremely complicated math and it uses it in EXTREMELY messy ways!#anyways i will tell you that quantum mechanics doesnt say that humans observing things has inherently effected the universe#superposition is actually a pretty like. mundane and normal thing in physics#its just a property of the math. you experience it daily with soundwaves#superposition is why you can hear multiple sounds without them becoming completely unintelligible#like its cool! but its not mystical. its just how certain types of equations behave#also when we say we cant see smth as a particle and a wave at the same time we're just saying you can only measure one at a time#its not.... THAT weird when you think about it. in order to take a measurement of a photon you need to have a photon
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