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The double slit experiment radically changed the way we understand reality. Find out what the ramifications of this experiment were and how we can use it to better comprehend our universe.

Written and hosted by Matt O’Dowd

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Jason Blank

Deisisase

Bike Jake

An Imposter

[JerseyMiller]

One of the best explanations of the double slit experiment I've seen. I almost understood it.

[youwantmyname]

"If you understand quantum physics, you don't understand quantum physics."
-Some smart man

[fallinginthedp]

My brain is in a superposition of understanding and being completely baffled by this.

[mathius]

The Double Slit has always been once of the most fascinating experiments to me. I guess they figured this video had enough mind-blowing information since they didn't mention that when sensors are placed at the slits to try and identify which slit the particle chooses, the pattern on the screen disappears and is replaced with just two columns.

[Peusterokos]

The types of people watching this (amazing by the way!) channel:
The adamant student
The anxious philosopher
The disgruntled scribe
The confused Joe
The Sims sims (those who truly believe believed ideals to be believable even though they don't know why)
The intrigued intellectuals
The PhD sentinels
The 2: 00 a.m lurker

and finally
stoners

[Luumiie]

How did I get from Kitchen Nightmares and Gordon Ramsay making burgers to reality being shattered by quantum mechanics

[sseprvl]

this will be patched in the next update

[someaccount]

So here's what's actually happening: we're living in a simulation and whoever coded it didn't use exact formulas, but instead used approximations. They never expected anything to evolve so much in their simulation that they actually look into their sloppy work and try to make sense of it.

[mishie]

It's amazing that there are videos like this, that explain quantum physics in a way that people like me, who aren't scholarly or fully educated in physics, that we can begin to understand how this incredible aspect of reality, well, our perceptions of reality, work on such scales. I love learning about this. Thank you, PBS for always being part of my learning life, since i was a very small child. Now that's amazing. ❤😘🌹

[alexsere]

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[jillianleda]

I swear this reality is the strangest I've ever experienced

[yhp]

When i first found out about this experiment and its implications it felt like i was dreaming. Its literally as if a pseudoscience from a scifi movie becomes real life. Very cool and amazing

[davonteaustin]

Brain: alright let’s get some sleep it’s late

YouTube recommendations: Wyd

[kleenexwarrior]

Not gonna lie my brain has just been deep fried and then seasoned with mindfuckery

[tiltedtesseract]

Plot twist: reality is a simulation and this is actually the result of a coding error.

[lydiakhai]

Kind of makes me think of those moments when you feel like you've transcended that moment, feel like you've caught a brief glimpse of infinite possibilities, before you make a decision which solidifies your trajectory to the next moment. Or maybe I should just call it a night and go to sleep 😂

[TyMooz]

This guy looks like a normal sized Tyrion Lannister from game of thrones

[jdal]

First time I saw two slits simultaneously my reality changed as well

[christophersharp]

my sense of reality was radically changed by just one slit. I could have only imagined two at the same time.

[cowardlykeaboardwarrior]

This comment exists yet doesn't exist. And I never typed it. But possibly did. Anyways. Goodnight and goodmorning.