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ScienceMike33
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Thank you to the very helpful forum leaders for their aide in comprehending entangled particle detection last week.
With regards to superposition, would an analogy be: (which involves a thought experiment):
a ceiling fan, at rest, has four distinct blades with four known positions.
Superposition implies that a quantum particle is present at all possible spin positions at any given time.
Therefore, would an analogy be: a ceiling fan tuned on not just to full (conventional) speed , but much more than that, to a speed far beyond that (lets just say 15,000 RPM /maybe more?). At that level, the fans themselves become invisible to the human eye and further, the fans are virtually in all positions at the same time? Or taking it a step further, if it were possible, a much higher RPM ? Which also brings up the question of how fast an electron spins?
With regards to superposition, would an analogy be: (which involves a thought experiment):
a ceiling fan, at rest, has four distinct blades with four known positions.
Superposition implies that a quantum particle is present at all possible spin positions at any given time.
Therefore, would an analogy be: a ceiling fan tuned on not just to full (conventional) speed , but much more than that, to a speed far beyond that (lets just say 15,000 RPM /maybe more?). At that level, the fans themselves become invisible to the human eye and further, the fans are virtually in all positions at the same time? Or taking it a step further, if it were possible, a much higher RPM ? Which also brings up the question of how fast an electron spins?