Dear World,

Dr. Sheldon Cooper here,

First of all, you are welcome. Second of all, here’s the gist.

In a double slit experiment, not only do particles behave as waves, they behave differently depending on whether they are observed or not.
This is a quality of quantum physics.
We have never been able to completely reconcile quantum physics with classical physics.

However, we can compare qualities of quantum physics to some qualities of classical physics. For example, the question, “Do you really hear a noise when a branch falls off a tree and there is no one to hear it?”

Consider this.

The tree may be making a noise only to alert people and animals to jump out of a massive trouble when its branch is falling on them. But when no one is around, it need not make a creak.

It can just fall in complete silence.

It can be a particle, it can be a wave, depending on whether it is observed or not.

Leonard and I are about to do the math for this. Who am I kidding? I am going to do the math for this. Do you think we have found bridges between Quantum Physics and Classical Physics?

Post your math. I will include it in the comic section of my personal newsletter next week.