quantum weirdness

noun

Etymology

Coined by American physicist Heinz Pagels in 1982.

Definitions

  1. The phenomena of quantum mechanics that cannot be explained in terms of the experiences…

    The phenomena of quantum mechanics that cannot be explained in terms of the experiences of everyday life.

    • Perhaps the most famous example of quantum weirdness is Schrödinger’s cat, a thought experiment devised by Erwin Schrödinger in 1935.

The neighborhood

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