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Why is quantum mechanics weird? The bomb experiment

Name: Why is quantum mechanics weird? The bomb experiment
Uploaded: 2021-08-28
Description: Can interference reveal the presence of an object without absorbing a photon in the successful case? Sabine Hossenfelder uses an idealized thought experiment to explore quantum measurement. The conceptual puzzle is the attraction. Her interpretation remains her own; this is a foundations companion about interference, not a proposal for a working quantum computer.

Original upload Aug 28, 2021

Engineers installing an IBM Quantum System One cryogenic assembly at Fraunhofer

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Can interference reveal the presence of an object without absorbing a photon in the successful case? Sabine Hossenfelder uses an idealized thought experiment to explore quantum measurement. The conceptual puzzle is the attraction. Her interpretation remains her own; this is a foundations companion about interference, not a proposal for a working quantum computer.

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