quantum weirdness

noun

The phenomena of quantum mechanics that cannot be explained in terms of the experiences of everyday life.

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Meanings

nounquantum weirdness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe phenomena of quantum mechanics that cannot be explained in terms of the experiences of everyday life.

    Perhaps the most famous example of quantum weirdness is Schrödinger’s cat, a thought experiment devised by Erwin Schrödinger in 1935.

    2018 October 29, Jonathan O’Callaghan, ““Schrödinger's Bacterium” Could Be a Quantum Biology Milestone”, in Scientific American, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2018

Origin

Coined by American physicist Heinz Pagels in 1982.

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