You've probably heard of Quantum Physics sometime in your life, maybe it was in that Sci-Fi movie that tried to make an illusion that they were dealing with advanced stuffed and just included the name because it sounds really really complicated or maybe you heard Stephen Hawking or Richard Dawkins talk about it during an interview. However you found it, you're probably dying to know about it, maybe you even searched it up, but you didn't get what you read. Well I am here to tell you that I actually learned it in 5th grade so you really aren't smarter than a fifth grader, but also to educate you on this mysterious branch of physics that can unlock more than you ever imagined. Basically Quantum Mechanics focuses on the communication between molecules and atoms. Sounds simple, but when you put in all the real world applications it gets a hell of a lot more complicated. Indeterminacy theory proposes that a particle could be in two states at the same time, and this you've probably heard of more, this is where Schrodinger's cat comes into play. If you don't know what that is it is simply a hypothetical explanation to explain this theory. It states that if you put a cat in a box with a poison of a 50% chance of it killing the cat, that, at the end of the our, it has an equal chance of being dead or alive and since you can't see the state, it is both dead and alive, until you open it up. Seems far off, I know, especially if you aren't familiar with Quantum Physics at all, but trust me this situation gives a great explanation on Indeterminacy.
Quantum Entanglement is also another section, and for that part, the most bizarre faction. It suggests that two totally different objects can be related in a way. Like imagine Jack and Jill, they are both related and if Jack gets in a car crash then Jill, through Entanglement would realize it, say 1/10 of a second before it happened. Not very useful as she wouldn't have time to do anything, but it is pretty interesting none the less. Another fascinating but rather futile category is Quantum tunneling, the slippage between universes. An easy way to picture it is someone trying to run into a brick wall over and over again. Now remember that the structure of an atom is 99.9% emptiness. Tunneling allows a singular atom, keyword singular, to pass from point a to point b. Unfortunately we're made out of a whole lot more atoms than just one so it would take a couple billion years so you'd only have a few broken bones or sprains.
Ok, so this post is getting pretty long and even keeping in mind my amazing writing skills it is beginning to be pretty boring. I could go on for another few paragraphs and I still wouldn't cover 1% of what there is to know about Quantum Mechanics, that's how vast it is, so I'll leave you with how it can help you in you're life. It can...
- Map a million amino acids to create drugs to cure diseases
- Make sense of the barrage of data constantly inserted in the internet
- Keep military secrets safe
- Finally secure you're bank account
- Develop sophisticated robots
Lastly there is a Quantum Computer being built that can be done 3600 as fast as normal, which is the source that helps achieve all of the bullets I have listed and furthermore answers a question that has puzzled astronomers, scientists, and people for generations: are we alone in this universe?
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