My wife and I were due to meet up with a group of friends at a local wine bar, but after we had arrived and ordered wine, we received the message that our friends couldnt make it. With the children booked in with their grandparents for the night, we were in no mood to give up on our evening of freedom. So after our usual banter of how we would one day afford one of those big houses down by the seafront or, failing that what colour we would paint the bathroom, there was a gap in the conversation. I therefore announced that this would be an ideal occasion for me to explain the mysteries of quantum mechanics and the two-slit experiment. To my astonishment she agreed to listen without making any sarcastic comments. An hour or so (and a bottle or two of Chilean red) later I ended with a flourish, feeling that she would finally be full of amazement as to how weird the subatomic world must be and full of admiration for her clever husband. Instead she looked at me incredulously and slowly shook her head: Well, thats just a load of rubbish. I simply dont believe it! what could I say? There are no logical steps of reasoning one can follow in explaining quantum mechanics that culminate in an unavoidable conclusion.
Posted on: Sun, 08 Jun 2014 21:00:47 +0000
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