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It's hard to explain quantum mechanics even when you understand them.
There’s an old joke about quantum mechanics professors starting their first lecture with something along the lines of “right now, some of you probably understand quantum mechanics. By the end of the semester, if I did my job right, none of us will understand it.”
If they're lucky they might understand kubernetes though.
Iirc, it's a youtube video of an actual class
Edit: https://youtube.com/shorts/X4pehLRhFhI
It's a superposition of knowledge and ignorance.
The more you know the less you know
Congratulations, you’ve successfully explained quantum mechanics.
Sometimes I get the sense that I have a clear picture of quantum mechanics. But when I look closer, it gets all blurry.
This isn't even a joke, it's literally true in quantum mechanics.
Thank you for explaining the joke, I now know less.
You know nothing, but you know precisely about what you know nothing.
Only before you check, though.
The more you know of one thing the less you know of the other*
This is true about everything though.
I thought that was like its thing. It doesn't really make sense.