(November 13, 2018 at 12:17 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote:(November 13, 2018 at 12:14 pm)Astreja Wrote: I disagree. Quantum physics simply does not work that way. Its effects are at small scales, and they don't even scale up in macroscopic physics.
I'm no expert, but my understanding is that there is no obstacle in principle to such effects scaling up, it's just that probability bottoms out when you do, and so observing such effects is more difficult.
If there were, it would be rather peculiar for any scientist to be looking for such things.
Fascinating -- about the only thing I know about quantum physics is that it consistently makes me go "wait, what?"
I can sort of imagine why observing events would get difficult as one adds more entities to the mix. Would a substantial majority of particles have to be producing one specific effect in order for it to be detectable at a larger scale? Would there be a "noise" problem that makes it hard to distinguish a quantum effect from some other physical phenomenon?