Jonathan Halliwell explains how quantum decoherence is key to understanding how we transition from a world with a wave-like nature of matter and energy to the classical macroscopic world that we’re used to.

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[–] 5 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

We do see relativistic and quantum effects at macro scales. Not necessarily day to day, but many experiments have shown it's quite a blurry line between quantum states and 'normal' states.

From things like Bose-Einstein condensates having quantum properties across the entire mass, and experiments showing that electrons and even things as big as protons still can exhibit wave-like properties, amongst many other phenomenon, it's blatantly obvious there is no hard line.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    even things as big as protons still can exhibit wave-like properties

    I think there was some publication showing wave-like interference by performing the double-slit experiments with fullerenes, so molecules of about 60 carbon atoms.

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