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From the Ted Talk by Aaron O'Connell: Making sense of a visible quantum object
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Here, let me give you an analogy. You know how uncomfortable it is to be in a crowded elevator? I mean, when I'm in an elevator all alone, I do all sorts of weird things, but then other people get on board and I stop doing those things because I don't want to bother them, or, frankly, scare them. So quantum mechanics says that inanimate objects feel the same way. The fellow passengers for inanimate otcebjs are not just people, but it's also the light shining on it and the wind boiwlng past it and the heat of the room. And so we knew, if we wanted to see this piece of mteal behave quantum mlchaeailncy, we're going to have to kick out all the other psaesgerns.
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Here, let me give you an analogy. You know how uncomfortable it is to be in a crowded elevator? I mean, when I'm in an elevator all alone, I do all sorts of weird things, but then other people get on board and I stop doing those things because I don't want to bother them, or, frankly, scare them. So quantum mechanics says that inanimate objects feel the same way. The fellow passengers for inanimate _______ are not just people, but it's also the light shining on it and the wind _______ past it and the heat of the room. And so we knew, if we wanted to see this piece of _____ behave quantum ____________, we're going to have to kick out all the other __________.
Solution
- metal
- objects
- passengers
- mechanically
- blowing
Original Text
Here, let me give you an analogy. You know how uncomfortable it is to be in a crowded elevator? I mean, when I'm in an elevator all alone, I do all sorts of weird things, but then other people get on board and I stop doing those things because I don't want to bother them, or, frankly, scare them. So quantum mechanics says that inanimate objects feel the same way. The fellow passengers for inanimate objects are not just people, but it's also the light shining on it and the wind blowing past it and the heat of the room. And so we knew, if we wanted to see this piece of metal behave quantum mechanically, we're going to have to kick out all the other passengers.
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