What Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle *Actually* Means @LookingGlassUniverse

Uploaded September 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Let's talk about one of the most misunderstood but awesome concepts in physics. The Heisenberg uncertainty principle. Or maybe it should be the Heisenberg 'fuzziness' principle instead? Would that confuse less people?

What Heisenbergs Uncertainty Principle *Actually* Means

I did the quantum eraser experiment at home

What can my homemade quantum computer do?

$I dont know why light slows down in water Supported by Screen Australia and Youtube through the Skip Ahead initiative. Links to the other videos mentioned: Part 1 of this story: https://youtu.be/yP1kKN3ghOU 3Blue1Browns explanation of Feynmans proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTzGBJPuJwM Experiment: If you’d like to try the experiment I did at home then you’ll need a phone with Lidar or you can get a laser meter quite cheaply at a hardware store. If you use an iphone, the app I found most reliable for the measurement was this one: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lidar-measuring/id1535032210 Code: The 3D simulation is here: https://github.com/mithuna-y/speed_of_light_in_a_medium/tree/main/multiple_layers References: The Feynman lectures- “Ch 31: On the origin of refractive index” and “Ch 48: Beats”$

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