Quantum mechanics is the most precisely tested theory in the history of science, and also the most baffling. We walk through the famous double-slit experiment, what superposition and uncertainty actually mean, and why 'observation' in quantum physics has nothing to do with consciousness. We also separate the genuine weirdness from the mysticism that gets attached to it.

You'll come away understanding why particles behave like waves, why the uncertainty principle isn't about clumsy measurement, and why the technology you're using right now depends on all of it.

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Further reading: Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol. III; CERN quantum physics explainers; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on  ...