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Can you help build a collection of fascinating links explaining quantum mechanics in terms the average person can grasp?

Asked by ETpro (34605points) September 30th, 2013

For instance, if you can get past the hokeyness of the cartoon spokesman, the Dr. Quantum Video on The Double Slit Experiment is fun to watch and beautifully illustrates one of the first things we learned about the baffling weirdness of how things behave at the microscopic level where atoms, electrons, protons, neutrons, quarks, leptons and gluons exist.

But the double-slit experiment video just scratches the surface of quantum weirdness. As Dr. Quantum says, the double slit experiment is the Granddaddy of quantum weirdness. Let’s go right down the rabbit hole into Wonderland and look at grandpa’s children and grandchildren. What weird quantum phenomenon can you share through a simple video or Web link that makes it possible for those without advanced degrees in physics to at least appreciate the strangeness of the micro world?

To get us started, here’s a definition of quantum.

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