Quantum Stuff

[dan_bgblue]

New Developments (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190926141638.htm)

[kingcat]

Amazing stuff isn’t it? The Chinese are well advanced in the technology too. Perhaps more so than the US
But especially as it relates to defense, it would only benefit each relative to their existing military strength imo.

In the regular world, whichever company delivers such speed and secure internet could own the industry.
Sorry Big Al..

[dan_bgblue]

More new stuff (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190930180952.htm)

[dan_bgblue]

More quantum news. This is the week for it I guess (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191002102802.htm)

And one more today (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191002102750.htm)

3 and counting (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191002121721.htm)

[kingcat]

Is it just me or does this stuff make you a bit dizzy even though your interest is peaked?
I usually find myself having to back away before I grasp the point being made..or skipping ahead to the conclusion.

[dan_bgblue]

I get really crossed up when entanglement enters the discussion. I understand what they are saying, but fail to understand the science behind 2 inanimate objects that do not nor have ever touched exhibiting related memories from a distance. I do believe it would make it easier to comprehend if one begins studying the concept at around age 6 instead of beginning to do the same at age 50.

[kingcat]

I tried putting two neighborhood cats in boxes but they both agreed on their response.

https://blogs.columbian.com/cat-tales/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2015/12/Dollarphotoclub_78848023.jpg

[dan_bgblue]

Quantum supremacy (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191023133358.htm)

[dan_bgblue]

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191104190701.htm

[kingcat]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Nitrogen-inversion-3D-balls.png

So a normal ammonia molecule (Photo left side) is actually super stable. Yet can be inverted by a huge amount of energy into a different state (Photo right side)

But through our new found ability to manipulate the molecule (quantum tunneling), we can alter the normal mechanics involved to easily create inversion.

Not only that, but we can cause the single ammonia molecule to exist in both states at the same time? Not creating a new molecule, but the simultaneous existence of both possible states of the same molecule. Each in it's own identical space yet apart from the other.

Whatever you do, dont tell Donna I can be in two places at one time.

Wow, just wow.. That's good stuff Dan.

[Darrell KSR]

Way.... 8539

[dan_bgblue]

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191125120951.htm

[PedroDaGr8]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Nitrogen-inversion-3D-balls.png

So a normal ammonia molecule (Photo left side) is actually super stable. Yet can be inverted by a huge amount of energy into a different state (Photo right side)

But through our new found ability to manipulate the molecule (quantum tunneling), we can alter the normal mechanics involved to easily create inversion.

Not only that, but we can cause the single ammonia molecule to exist in both states at the same time? Not creating a new molecule, but the simultaneous existence of both possible states of the same molecule. Each in it's own identical space yet apart from the other.

Whatever you do, dont tell Donna I can be in two places at one time.

Wow, just wow.. That's good stuff Dan.

Just got a chance to read this thread in detail (yay holidays).

Some slight corrections to your description:

This isn't the creation of new states for the molecule, it

Under normal conditions, both states of Ammonia are equal in energy but there is a large energy barrier between them. To use an everyday analogy: this is analogous to going up and down a hill. At the bottom of the hill, you have low potential energy. At the top of the hill, you have higher potential energy. When you walk down the other side, if you end up at the same elevation at which you started, then the energy difference is zero. Under normal everyday conditions, ammonia is rapidly inverting and has a relatively low barrier to inversion (below the energies found at room temperature). Along with standard thermal inversion, tunneling inversion also occurs due to the relatively narrow energy barrier between the two states. If a particle can tunnel, then it will exist in both states until the point it is measured (Schrodingers Cat and all that).

Under a strong magnetic field these states are no longer equal, one form is FAR lower energy than before and the other is far higher energy. This also results in the barrier to inversion being far higher, making inversion extremely unlikely. This research created a system to actually subject ammonia to a high enough magnetic field that essentially all inversion stops. This allow them to not only stop normal energy-based inversion but the energy barrier gets so wide that tunneling-based inversion stops as well. This allows them to research the tunneling aspects of inversion much more easily than done previously.

[kingcat]

Awesome.
I try to understand it as best I can but reading dont really do the science justice from my perspective. I certainly wish it was something a layman could just delve into a bit, but it's certainly an in depth field of study.
Sort of like being able to build a model car doesn't enable you to question a mechanic. ;)

I do find quantum science very interesting. Especially as it might someday relate to things that are inexplicable otherwise.

[Catfan73]

I get really crossed up when entanglement enters the discussion. I understand what they are saying, but fail to understand the science behind 2 inanimate objects that do not nor have ever touched exhibiting related memories from a distance. I do believe it would make it easier to comprehend if one begins studying the concept at around age 6 instead of beginning to do the same at age 50.

I saw an episode of Nova awhile ago that put it in a way that I could finally comprehend. You just have to imagine that space no longer exists. Put aside any notion of distance. So those two entangled objects aren’t really separated at all in the quantum world.

[dan_bgblue]

More weirdness (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/12/191211145600.htm)

[kingcat]

that one is hard for me to grasp. I guess if I had more knowledge about thermal dynamics, especially as it relates to nanoscale electronic components technology in general that would help.

Basically it appears nothing fluctuates in a vacuum at the quantum level..and nothing does not fluctuate in a normal vacuum?????????????????????

I would guess there is something there they just cannot see. Perhaps beyond, within, or beside the quantum level.

[dan_bgblue]

Super cold Legos and Quantum computing (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/12/191223095357.htm)

[PedroDaGr8]

Super cold Legos and Quantum computing (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/12/191223095357.htm)Read this one recently, it is a very interesting article. Unexpected that Legos would perform this well. It's going to lead to some very unique and esoteric materials

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[dan_bgblue]

In leap for quantum computing, silicon quantum bits establish a long-distance relationship (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/12/191226084357.htm)

[PedroDaGr8]

In leap for quantum computing, silicon quantum bits establish a long-distance relationship (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/12/191226084357.htm)

This is cool very cutting edge stuff. A lot of things need to come in to line to make quantum computers manufacturable items. Much like going from individual transistors to ICs, this transition will take a lot of time and slow progress.

[dan_bgblue]

Progress in that area, no matter the speed is much better than no progress. Being able to include silicon chips in the new process is huge in my mind.

[dan_bgblue]

Billions of quantum entangled electrons found in 'strange metal' (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200116144105.htm)

[dan_bgblue]

Tuning optical resonators gives researchers control over transparency (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200113111152.htm)

[kingcat]

Just amazing stuff.

Our kids are going to witness some major leaps in technology over the next fifty years imo. And probably re-write our understanding of physics.

As for me it basically says a couple of things. Size matters..and the size of matter is only a matter of perception.
There is actually no small or large, inward or outward,....and the only the directions are.. where we are going and where we have already been.
Anything else may be pure speculation.

[Owenchon]

Well, knowing this, I guess my kids are indeed in good hands. :)

[dan_bgblue]

AlphaZero (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200116101203.htm)

[dan_bgblue]

How sensitive can a quantum detector be? (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200117080821.htm)

[dan_bgblue]

To study photons -- single particles of light that can act as qubits -- the researchers employed light sources called quantum optical frequency combs that contain many precisely defined wavelengths (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200123115909.htm)

[dan_bgblue]

What a pair! Coupled quantum dots may offer a new way to store quantum information (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200129143345.htm)

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have for the first time created and imaged a novel pair of quantum dots -- tiny islands of confined electric charge that act like interacting artificial atoms. Such "coupled" quantum dots could serve as a robust quantum bit, or qubit, the fundamental unit of information for a quantum computer. Moreover, the patterns of electric charge in the island can't be fully explained by current models of quantum physics, offering an opportunity to investigate rich new physical phenomena in materials.

[PedroDaGr8]

What a pair! Coupled quantum dots may offer a new way to store quantum information (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200129143345.htm)

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have for the first time created and imaged a novel pair of quantum dots -- tiny islands of confined electric charge that act like interacting artificial atoms. Such "coupled" quantum dots could serve as a robust quantum bit, or qubit, the fundamental unit of information for a quantum computer. Moreover, the patterns of electric charge in the island can't be fully explained by current models of quantum physics, offering an opportunity to investigate rich new physical phenomena in materials.

My first job in industry was synthesizing CdSe quantum dots. They are VERY cool to synthesize (though I did lose some of my sense of smell from the Cd). I always try to follow articles about quantum dots because they are so interesting.

[PedroDaGr8]

Here is an VERY interesting paper which could potentially be a HUGE leap:
Engineers have created artificial atoms (quantum dots) on a silicon chip (https://www.sciencealert.com/quantum-engineers-have-created-artificial-atoms-that-are-more-stable-for-quantum-computing)

[dan_bgblue]

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200224152922.htm

February 24, 2020
Source:
Stanford University
Summary:
Researchers are investigating light-emitting defects in materials that may someday form the basis of quantum-based technologies, such as quantum computers, quantum networks or engines that run on light. Once understood, these defects can become controllable features.

[dan_bgblue]

Single Atom Spin (https://www.foxnews.com/tech/engineers-crack-58-year-old-enigma-make-quantum-breakthrough)

[kingcat]

Fellows, I am enjoying this stuff. I just have little to offer. I have established that Pedro probably did not create ice cream Dipping Dots, but something a bit more complex....and probably just as tasty.

[kingcat]

I loved this video of the double slit experiment.

Please, all the novices out there, watch this all the way through. Explain it using common sense and win yourself a Nobel prize!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=10&v=A9tKncAdlHQ&feature=emb_logo

[dan_bgblue]

Coming to Grips with the Implications of Quantum Mechanics
The question is no longer whether quantum theory is correct, but what it means. (https://getpocket.com/explore/item/coming-to-grips-with-the-implications-of-quantum-mechanics?utm_source=pocket-newtab)

For almost a century, physicists have wondered whether the most counterintuitive predictions of quantum mechanics (QM) could actually be true. Only in recent years has the technology necessary for answering this question become accessible, enabling a string of experimental results—including startling ones reported in 2007 and 2010, and culminating now with a remarkable test reported in May—that show that key predictions of QM are indeed correct. Taken together, these experiments indicate that the everyday world we perceive does not exist until observed, which in turn suggests—as we shall argue in this essay—a primary role for mind in nature. It is thus high time the scientific community at large—not only those involved in foundations of QM—faced up to the counterintuitive implications of QM’s most controversial predictions.

[dan_bgblue]

Tune-able quantum light (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200416114533.htm)

[kingcat]

Coming to Grips with the Implications of Quantum Mechanics
The question is no longer whether quantum theory is correct, but what it means. (https://getpocket.com/explore/item/coming-to-grips-with-the-implications-of-quantum-mechanics?utm_source=pocket-newtab)

For almost a century, physicists have wondered whether the most counterintuitive predictions of quantum mechanics (QM) could actually be true. Only in recent years has the technology necessary for answering this question become accessible, enabling a string of experimental results—including startling ones reported in 2007 and 2010, and culminating now with a remarkable test reported in May—that show that key predictions of QM are indeed correct. Taken together, these experiments indicate that the everyday world we perceive does not exist until observed, which in turn suggests—as we shall argue in this essay—a primary role for mind in nature. It is thus high time the scientific community at large—not only those involved in foundations of QM—faced up to the counterintuitive implications of QM’s most controversial predictions.

That may require accepting creation as science. And that's never likely to happen as long as perception itself is self determined to disprove that.

[kingcat]

Tune-able quantum light (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200416114533.htm)

Wow..

I wonder if there is a chance that using a quantum network to interact with each other, it's theoretically possible for one party to actually know what is going to be said in advance of the other party saying it? :)

https://img.cinemablend.com/filter:scale/cb/9/b/e/5/9/6/9be596e887dcee865680c6dc3ea37ed53ef4ade778c36ca9b7 6c4471a1d81bd2.jpg?mw=600

[dan_bgblue]

Quantum Computation (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200420165728.htm)

Scientists at Ames Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the University of Alabama Birmingham have discovered a light-induced switching mechanism in a Dirac semimetal. The mechanism establishes a new way to control the topological material, driven by back-and-forth motion of atoms and electrons, which will enable topological transistor and quantum computation using light waves.

[Darrell KSR]

Scientists at...the University of Alabama Birmingham have discovered a light-induced switching mechanism [/I]

Yup. We advanced in these parts. 9353

[dan_bgblue]

Gravity + quantum = ?

Quantum theory and gravity do not play well together (https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-gravity-is-not-like-the-other-forces-20200615/?utm_source=pocket-newtab)

[dan_bgblue]

Is teleportation possible? Yes, in the quantum world (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200619115707.htm)

[dan_bgblue]

Simple mod makes quantum states last 10,000 times longer (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200813155819.htm)

If we can harness it, quantum technology promises fantastic new possibilities. But first, scientists need to coax quantum systems to stay yoked for longer than a few millionths of a second.


A team of scientists at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering announced the discovery of a simple modification that allows quantum systems to stay operational -- or "coherent" -- 10,000 times longer than before. Though the scientists tested their technique on a particular class of quantum systems called solid-state qubits, they think it should be applicable to many other kinds of quantum systems and could thus revolutionize quantum communication, computing and sensing.

[VirginiaCat]

Wow..

I wonder if there is a chance that using a quantum network to interact with each other, it's theoretically possible for one party to actually know what is going to be said in advance of the other party saying it? :)

https://img.cinemablend.com/filter:scale/cb/9/b/e/5/9/6/9be596e887dcee865680c6dc3ea37ed53ef4ade778c36ca9b7 6c4471a1d81bd2.jpg?mw=600


My Wife seems to have this already figured out...

[dan_bgblue]

That damned (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200812144017.htm)Cat

[VirginiaCat]

Coming to Grips with the Implications of Quantum Mechanics
The question is no longer whether quantum theory is correct, but what it means. (https://getpocket.com/explore/item/coming-to-grips-with-the-implications-of-quantum-mechanics?utm_source=pocket-newtab)

For almost a century, physicists have wondered whether the most counterintuitive predictions of quantum mechanics (QM) could actually be true. Only in recent years has the technology necessary for answering this question become accessible, enabling a string of experimental results—including startling ones reported in 2007 and 2010, and culminating now with a remarkable test reported in May—that show that key predictions of QM are indeed correct. Taken together, these experiments indicate that the everyday world we perceive does not exist until observed, which in turn suggests—as we shall argue in this essay—a primary role for mind in nature. It is thus high time the scientific community at large—not only those involved in foundations of QM—faced up to the counterintuitive implications of QM’s most controversial predictions.


So in essence, your individual perception really is reality! And this explains the branching of time and realites because the reality does not exist until you observe it..and how you observe it may create alternate realities.

[Catfan73]

I loved this video of the double slit experiment.

Please, all the novices out there, watch this all the way through. Explain it using common sense and win yourself a Nobel prize!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=10&v=A9tKncAdlHQ&feature=emb_logo

That was too cool.

[dan_bgblue]

Cosmic rays may soon stymie quantum computing
Building quantum computers underground or designing radiation-proof qubits may be needed, researchers find. (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200826113716.htm)

[dan_bgblue]

New development (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200902152147.htm)

They are making entanglement work to their advantage

[dan_bgblue]

Spin clean-up method brings practical quantum computers closer to reality (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200925113349.htm)

Researchers create a quantum algorithm that removes spin contaminants while making chemical calculations on quantum computers. This allows for predictions of electronic and molecular behavior with degrees of precision not achievable with classical computers and paves the way for practical quantum computers to become a reality.

[kingcat]

In general I understand...sort of. But this is hard to wrap my head around. I can't visualize it at all.

I need a "Mr. Peabody" explanation. For all the science involved, it doesn't seem at all scientific.
Observation, experimentation, and implementation I know..but? :confused0007:

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.zWKgITL93kk8CsQgMP4qPgHaQn?pid=Api&rs=1

[dan_bgblue]

FWIW, and that is not very much at all, I lost my grip on the whole quantum thing several years ago and have been spiraling out of control in that area. If I accept the "reality" of quantum, then I have to throw away much of what i grew up with as reality. That is damn difficult for me to do. To be comfortable with the entire Quantum business, an entity needs to grow up with it as their "reality".

A person like me, that had over 50 years of my own real life experiences and time and space were comfortable concepts and ones that were not to be messed with, trying to make sense of cats in boxes, entangled long distance quarks and electrons with matching spins, is easy enough to comprehend if I am willing to throw away a lot of my learned reality. If I can not throw that away and look at the world from a star trek type reality, then I can not understand a damn thing that relates to the quantum world, and it is important to realize that the quantum world is a different one than the one we think we are living in.

[kingcat]

I hear ya' Dan. It seems to me an illogical science that refuses to allow you to quantify it. But the way it reacts does allow you to follow along fairly close as long as you approach it with apparent indifference.
And then with some trickery you can record the abstract way it reacts and catch on the second, third, fourth*.. time around. Like it's actually driven, not by logic, but a desire to skirt mathematical logic and prevent being studied.
Yet definable by the methods it uses to do so. ;)

I get a strange feeling quantum science has knowledge of itself and it's surroundings. And has it's motives, yet is limited in how it can illogically respond.
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/70/ac/49/70ac49c4a4e1d5cfd4e1b5750d3226d4.jpg
"Them thangs is pyyyy-zon i'm telling ya"

[dan_bgblue]

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201119141706.htm

[dan_bgblue]

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/new-quantum-paradox-clarifies-where-our-views-of-reality-go-wrong?utm_source=pocket-newtab

[dan_bgblue]

The absurdity continues (https://getpocket.com/explore/item/closed-loophole-confirms-the-unreality-of-the-quantum-world?utm_source=pocket-newtab)

[VirginiaCat]

Ok, this may be the dumbest question ever and if so, I fully admit my ignorance...

In the Delayed Choice Experiment, it makes it sounds like the Proton enters both particle and wave when it hits the 1st beam splitter. And that is what is confusing people.

But what if the proton actually doubles and becomes both. Could the Proton have the ability to double mass at that split and then when it hits the 2nd beam splitter loses the extra mass and comes back to only being 1?

[dan_bgblue]

A totally different way of looking at the theory (https://www.wired.co.uk/article/quantum-theory-speed-light-dragan?utm_source=pocket-newtab)

[dan_bgblue]

Milestone Experiment Proves Quantum Communication Really Is Faster (https://getpocket.com/explore/item/milestone-experiment-proves-quantum-communication-really-is-faster?utm_source=pocket-newtab)


Quantum computers are still a dream, but the era of quantum communication is here. A 2018 experiment out of Paris has demonstrated, for the first time, that quantum communication is superior to classical ways of transmitting information.

[dan_bgblue]

What Makes Quantum Computing So Hard to Explain? (https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-is-quantum-computing-so-hard-to-explain-20210608/?utm_source=pocket-newtab)

Quantum computers, you might have heard, are magical uber-machines that will soon cure cancer and global warming by trying all possible answers in different parallel universes

[kingcat]

And when Jesus was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;

Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.

And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
Luke 19.

"In upcoming research, scientists will attempt to show the universe has consciousness" (https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a36329671/is-the-universe-conscious/)

However, one loophole of this knowledge gap is that we can’t exhaustively say other organisms, and even inanimate objects, don’t have consciousness. Humans relate to animals and can imagine, say, dogs and cats have some amount of consciousness because we see their facial expressions and how they appear to make decisions. But just because we don’t “relate to” rocks, the ocean, or the night sky, that isn’t the same as proving those things don’t have consciousness.

This is where a philosophical stance called panpsychism comes into play, writes All About Space’s David Crookes:

“This claims consciousness is inherent in even the tiniest pieces of matter — an idea that suggests the fundamental building blocks of reality have conscious experience. Crucially, it implies consciousness could be found throughout the universe.”
It’s also where physics enters the picture. Some scientists have posited that the thing we think of as consciousness is made of micro-scale quantum physics events and other “spooky actions at a distance,” somehow fluttering inside our brains and generating conscious thoughts.

[dan_bgblue]

If you are thoroughly confused and fail to find natural entanglement, then read on

Linkage (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-designs-quantum-physics-experiments-beyond-what-any-human-has-conceived/?utm_source=pocket-newtab)

[VirginiaCat]

Ok, does anyone else get excited, although sometimes confused and lost, when they see this thread has an update?

[Darrell KSR]

Ok, does anyone else get excited, although sometimes confused and lost, when they see this thread has an update?I am constantly confused with it. But fascinated.

[dan_bgblue]

Real quantum computing positive results, and a No Energy Time Crystal created (https://www.quantamagazine.org/first-time-crystal-built-using-googles-quantum-computer-20210730/?utm_source=pocket-newtab)

[VirginiaCat]

So, they have "broken" the time continuum with manipulation of a small piece of matter....and it uses zero energy!

[dan_bgblue]

https://www.popsci.com/science/what-is-time-crystal-physics/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Here is a very rudimentary discussion of the Time Crystal. I found it an easy read and it makes some of the more difficult stuff easier for me to understand.

[Catfan73]

Still lost me about halfway thru. I love these posts but I kind of dread them at the same time because they make my head hurt.

[Darrell KSR]

Still lost me about halfway thru. I love these posts but I kind of dread them at the same time because they make my head hurt.Same. But anything above comic book level does that for me. I do enjoy watching my smart friends talk about this stuff though.

[VirginiaCat]

Ok, question. And yes it will likely fully show my lack of understanding and put on full show my ignorance...

But if I have to blast a crystal with a laser to get the Time Crystal, haven't I used energy to so so? And for the change, didn't the crystal have to use energy to change?

[VirginiaCat]

No Big Bang?

https://phys.org/news/2015-02-big-quantum-equation-universe.html

[kingcat]

Ok, question. And yes it will likely fully show my lack of understanding and put on full show my ignorance...

But if I have to blast a crystal with a laser to get the Time Crystal, haven't I used energy to so so? And for the change, didn't the crystal have to use energy to change?

If my quantum thinking is correct, the answer is both yes and no. And not depending on how you look at it, but if you do. :)

Seriously, I think the conundrum is, why do the atoms decide to dance the two step perpetually even though they themselves absorb no energy from the blast?

As they stated, atoms then may (and may not simultaneously) flip into another state—and then flip back—and then flip again—and so forth, all without actually absorbing any energy from the laser.

So the writer states.., "if you step back, what you’ve just created is a state of matter that’s perpetually in motion, indefinitely, without taking in any energy"


Like the atoms agreed just to respond that way. And liked it so much they then decided to compare their previous state to their new digs. Then mutually agreed they enjoyed alternating even more than either state alone. They are not being prodded to do so as it is entirely their decision I think.

Thus apparently violating the second law of thermodynamics.

Then again, you are right about the initial stimuli. But it seems the response is less about the energy than it is atoms stepping on stage for an eternal dance number when they know the lights went on.

https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.fd66ed2f939004371983f21e27e31c9e?rik=wd1bQIIlMYr uvg&pid=ImgRaw&r=0

[VirginiaCat]

If my quantum thinking is correct, the answer is both yes and no. And not depending on how you look at it, but if you do. :)

Seriously, I think the conundrum is, why do the atoms decide to dance the two step perpetually even though they themselves absorb no energy from the blast?

As they stated, atoms then may (and may not simultaneously) flip into another state—and then flip back—and then flip again—and so forth, all without actually absorbing any energy from the laser.

So the writer states.., "if you step back, what you’ve just created is a state of matter that’s perpetually in motion, indefinitely, without taking in any energy"


Like the atoms agreed just to respond that way. And liked it so much they then decided to compare their previous state to their new digs. Then mutually agreed they enjoyed alternating even more than either state alone. They are not being prodded to do so as it is entirely their decision I think.

Thus apparently violating the second law of thermodynamics.

Then again, you are right about the initial stimuli. But it seems the response is less about the energy than it is atoms stepping on stage for an eternal dance number when they know the lights went on.

https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.fd66ed2f939004371983f21e27e31c9e?rik=wd1bQIIlMYr uvg&pid=ImgRaw&r=0

kingcat, I freely admit...all this quantum stuff is likely so far above my IQ capability that I am constantly perplexed.

[kingcat]

kingcat, I freely admit...all this quantum stuff is likely so far above my IQ capability that I am constantly perplexed.

So are we all I think. I don’t understand it at all other than how it reads from a sci-fi perspective. It sure seems like a different version of reality bleeds over into our own at the quantum level.

[Catfan73]

Thought provoking article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/20/special-series/michio-kaku-multiverse-reality.html?smid=url-share&fbclid=IwAR2xzLDYfX6FDHBh8RUsSesqfPW7bp-0A8BfauTyOnMXTqQ2oXEXXkXe-lw

[VirginiaCat]

Thought provoking article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/20/special-series/michio-kaku-multiverse-reality.html?smid=url-share&fbclid=IwAR2xzLDYfX6FDHBh8RUsSesqfPW7bp-0A8BfauTyOnMXTqQ2oXEXXkXe-lw

String theory and multiverse I get at the macro level. I think it also helps with the understanding of time too...but what I am not sure the human mind will every be able to harness is the capture of the infinite possibilities...like how would the world and timeline (ie another multiverse) be if I had not typed this response.

[dan_bgblue]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQNCUsHQYHE

[VirginiaCat]

Loved that Dan.

First, I like the guy. I can relate to him (just at a level way below his iq)

Second, given that our Brain is a quantum computer, and how he describes vision and using the Red PacMen...does a person that was born blind actually have a higher functioning brain since it is not limited by what it has seen?

And lastly, based on this, positive thinking really does effect the eventual outcomes.

[dan_bgblue]

Loved that Dan.

First, I like the guy. I can relate to him (just at a level way below his iq)

Second, given that our Brain is a quantum computer, and how he describes vision and using the Red PacMen...does a person that was born blind actually have a higher functioning brain since it is not limited by what it has seen?

And lastly, based on this, positive thinking really does effect the eventual outcomes.

Do you watch any of the Skinwalker ranch shows? He is one of the lead UFO researchers on the show. If you have not tuned into any of them and have a free hour or two tonight, the show airs at 8:00 and 9:00 CDT Tuesday nights on the History channel.

[VirginiaCat]

Do you watch any of the Skinwalker ranch shows? He is one of the lead UFO researchers on the show. If you have not tuned into any of them and have a free hour or two tonight, the show airs at 8:00 and 9:00 CDT Tuesday nights on the History channel.

I will now. I had not even heard of Skinwalker ranch.

[VirginiaCat]

I am now addicted to Skinwalker Ranch. Kinda like I got hooked into Oak Island...

[dan_bgblue]

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/07/220707100920.htm

[dan_bgblue]

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/07/220713114553.htm

[VirginiaCat]

Guys, Amazon Prime has a show called The Secrets of Quantum Physics. I’m sure it may be rudimentary for you guys but I’m finding it at least helping me get a basic understanding

[VirginiaCat]

Ok, on this Quantam show on amazon I have just learned I am behind on my understanding of the human senses. I was taught our sense of smell was about the molecule fitting into a memory lock in my brain.

I guess now it is known as a quantum thing around the vibration of the bonds between molecules, like sound, not the molecules themselves in some type of quantum mechanics in our body. Same with birds that migrate using earths magnetic field.

[VirginiaCat]

Does Quantum explain the Black Hole Reversability quandry?

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-physicists-cracked-a-black-hole-paradox/

[dan_bgblue]

How will this true experimental data affect entanglement?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTn6Ewhb27k

[dan_bgblue]

Teleportation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJifrOC7HOM)

[dan_bgblue]

The Large Haldron Collider, portals, wormholes, antimater, etc

Linkage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRnoH8k3JDU)

[VirginiaCat]

Wigner’s Friend proven…

http://amazingastronomy.thespaceacademy.org/2022/09/this-is-crazy-scientists-see-two.html?m=1&fbclid=IwAR3SObK7CCKdo1nVmZW6cWLOndyhwRf8fuF5tUTxM PsMLx653TpSpHWHV7A#la1vfghwohyro95r8oq