Forgot your password?   Comment: Re:How do they confirm it's in
a quantum state? (Score 1) 265  by NthDegree256 (#31529678)
Attached to: Quantum State Created In Largest Object Yet
Thanks, I had to read it a couple times, but that clarifies
things (well, that plus remembering a few other items from my
QED readings.)  Just to re-state it for my own edification, the
gist of it is basically: There are ways to take a measurement on
the object that, just going by classical physics, should return
result A if the object has 1 quanta of energy, and result B if
it has 0 quanta. However, instead the measurement returns result
C, which shouldn't even be an option unless you describe the
entire thing in quantum mechanics terms and A and B are
interfering with one another.  A somewhat inaccurate metaphor
would be hitting a cue ball on a pool table into one of three
pockets. You're *only* hitting it from either the right or the
left, so it should only sink into the right or left pocket, but
under the right conditions, we