You cannot see the toys move but you can see if they've moved around or changed something in their environment. That's pretty much how particle physics works.
There a whole branch of quantum mechanics research that's trying increasingly complicated ways of not looking at the particles while trying to sneak a look.
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Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 88 pts · 2y
You cannot see the toys move but you can see if they've moved around or changed something in their environment. That's pretty much how particle physics works.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 55 pts · 2y
Particles ganging up on a lone scientist in the lab late at night:
brianorca@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 2y
There a whole branch of quantum mechanics research that's trying increasingly complicated ways of not looking at the particles while trying to sneak a look.
plumbus@feddit.org · 9 pts · 2y
I once read somewhere that our current approach with accelerators is like studying the inside of a walnut by smashing them with a very large hammer.