You might know about quantum, but do you know how it works?
You probably know it’s a bit strange, maybe confusing, possibly an important part of the future. All these things are true!
We all have a sense of classical physics – like magnets and bouncing balls. But quantum physics looks at tiny particles where classical physics doesn’t apply. And it gets strange.
One example is superposition, where particles can be in two places at once.
The bee experiment
Imagine a classical bee:
o Its wings flap up and down repeatedly.
o At any moment, the wings can be up, down, or somewhere in between.
o If you slow the motion, you can see the wings transitioning between positions.
o Its wings flap so fast that you can’t tell if they’re up or down.
o The wings appear to be both up and down at the same time, creating a blurry memory.
The bee experiment
Now think of a real bee:
o In the quantum world, the bee’s wings are in a superposition – both up and down simultaneously. A bit like our blurry memory.
o Observing the wings (like taking a picture) collapses this superposition into either up or down.
The quantum bee
Being both up and down at once until observed, the quantum bee holds multiple possibilities, unlike classical particles.