Quantum Mechanics in Plain English

𝑰 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒊𝒇 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅, 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆, 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏—𝑰’𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒇 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒇 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒎 𝒑𝒉𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕! 😅

𝐌𝐲 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬:

• Everything around us is made of tiny building blocks (atoms).

• These atoms are made of even smaller parts, but at their core, they act in strange ways we can’t see directly.

• Even though the tiny pieces are weird and fuzzy, when they all come together, they make solid, reliable objects—like chairs and tables—that behave normally in our everyday world.

We’re made of the same tiny building blocks – atoms and particles – just like everything else in the universe. Our bodies are collections of atoms that form cells, tissues, and organs.

𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 – 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍, 𝒘𝒆’𝒓𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒘𝒊𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒚.

Yet somehow, all of that comes together to create thoughts, emotions, and consciousness. Even if the science feels mind-bending, it’s a reminder that we’re deeply connected to everything around us.

𝑰 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆...

...𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑚 𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛, 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑔𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑤𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑.

We don’t need to worry about the strange stuff happening at the smallest level. Just know that the universe works in mysterious ways beneath the surface, but the big things stay put!

by Belle Webb | Profile

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