Miracles, materialism, and quantum mechanics
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Miracles
Miracles
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Miracles
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Classical mechanics is the mechanics of everyday objects like tables and chairs
Classical mechanics is the mechanics of everyday objects like tables and chairs
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Quantum mechanics was developed to explain these results and developed into the most successful physical theory in history
Quantum mechanics was developed to explain these results and developed into the most successful physical theory in history
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Although quantum mechanics applies to all objects, the effects of quantum mechanics are most noticeable only for very small objects How small is very small?
Although quantum mechanics applies to all objects, the effects of quantum mechanics are most noticeable only for very small objects How small is very small?
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All information about a system is provided by the system's wavefunction.
All information about a system is provided by the system's wavefunction.
6:57
At a given instant in time, the position and momentum of a particle cannot both be known with absolute certainty
At a given instant in time, the position and momentum of a particle cannot both be known with absolute certainty
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a particle can be put into a superposition of multiple states at once
a particle can be put into a superposition of multiple states at once
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The motion of a nonrelativistic particle is governed by the Schrödinger equation
The motion of a nonrelativistic particle is governed by the Schrödinger equation
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