How Quantum Wishes Can Turn Into Horses: A New Thought-Experiment Shows That Even Non-Events Can Have Causal Effects
Eliahu Cohen, Avshalom C. Elitzur
The quote is quite fitting "If wishes were horses, beggars would ride." If you want to grasp the uniqueness of quantum mechanics, this cynical saying provides the most profound illustration by being sometimes disproved by this theory. True, quantum mechanics (QM) is unique also due to the uncertainty principle which challenges classical determinism; to Schrödinger's
Science Trends•Feb 19, 2018•0 citations