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A Physics Lab Inside Your Head: Quantum Thought Experiments as an Educational Tool — mentioned by stared

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:46:59 GMT

I recommend using Qiskit to explore famous thought experiments (e.g. the famous Schrödinger's cat), vide "A Physics Lab Inside Your Head: Quantum Thought Experiments as an Educational Tool" by Maria Violaris https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.07840

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A Physics Lab Inside Your Head: Quantum Thought Experiments as an Educational Tool — HN submission

Sun, 16 Mar 2025 22:36:14 GMT

A physics lab inside your head: Quantum thought experiments (2023)

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A Physics Lab Inside Your Head: Quantum Thought Experiments as an Educational Tool — mentioned by stared

Sun, 16 Mar 2025 22:11:03 GMT

> Wave functions are just a mathematical representation of a physical property that are (only?) ever operated on using quantum operators which result in a statistical distribution. It is not correct— at least not unless you subscribe to the Copenhagen interpretation. Yet, while this interpretation is a simple heuristic for interaction with big systems (e.g., a photon hits a CCD array), none of the quantum physicists I know treat it seriously (for that matter, I have a PhD in quantum optics theory). I mean, at some certain level, everything is "just a mathematical representation" - in the…

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Wed, 24 Jan 2024 16:01:20 GMT

Quantum thought experiments as quantum computing circuits

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