Quantum Trickery - Einstein's Strangest Theory

breckinshire writes "The New York Times is running an interesting story on Einstein's strangest theory. The theory was brought to light this past fall when 'scientists announced that they had put a half dozen beryllium atoms into a "cat state." [...] These atoms were each spinning clockwise and counterclockwise at the same time.' It is an interesting writeup for even the uninitiated and also concentrates on Einsteins role as a 'founder and critic of quantum theory.'"

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Re:Don't expect to understand.

[User 956]

It has been, as Max Tegmark, a cosmologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, noted, "a 75-year war." It is typical in reporting on this subject to bounce from one expert to another, each one shaking his or her head about how the other one just doesn't get it.

Exactly. No wonder the christian-creationist assholes are able to drive in their "intelligent design" wedge in the high-school curriculum. Science is all about intelligent discourse, but the masses need a coherent explanation in the mean.

Not sure what the fuss is here

[Debiant]

I mean just look the real world. Two opposite things are all same time true.

Bush: combat is over, but there is still some resistance
Bush: There is no WMD's but I was right anyway
Salesman: even higher quality with even lower prices than before
Politician: lower taxes and higher spending
Employer: lower wages, shorter hours and more motivated employees who do more & better.

Why, just look, obviously quantum mechanics are already at work every day!
Einstein was right, but why do we need the cat to prove it? Who let the cat in?