Do not keep saying to yourself, if you can possibly avoid it, 'But how can it be like that?' because you will get 'down the drain,' into a blind alley from which nobody has yet escaped. Nobody knows how it can be like that.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Trying to force quantum mechanics into classical intuition leads to confusion rather than understanding.
- In plain terms
- Do not demand classical logic for quantum reality.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept quantum behavior without forcing intuition.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do we understand the unknown?
- Why is quantum physics hard?
Another view
Intuition helps bridge gaps in explaining complex physics.
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