Quantum Leap Reflection

In the documentary entitled “Quantum Leap” I learned many things. Such including that we as the human race created a set of laws that describes the clear and certain motion of galaxies, stars, and planets. However, we have discovered a brand new set of laws that completely change our view of the universe and redefining our understanding of reality these laws are known as the laws of quantum mechanics.

I never knew that quantum mechanics ruled over every atom and tiny particle in every piece of matter. In the quantum world, there’s a sense where things don’t like to be tied down to one location or follow a specific path. It’s almost like that the same thing is in different places at the same time. It’s crazy to think that something even as small as an atom could potentially be in multiple places at the same time. What you do in one place can affect what happens in another place without you or anyone being there.

You might be asking why we believe these bizarre laws, for the past 75 years we’ve been using these laws to describe how an atom behaves and experiment after experiment scientists have proven these laws to be always right.

A set of physical laws called Classical mechanics all have equations to see how that specific event happens and allows us to predict an event with the utmost certainty.

Bohr believed that atoms resembled miniature solar systems; there were fixed orbits these electrons can have. When an atom is heated its electrons will become agitated, and the electron would be changing orbits. Each downward leap the electron produced lights in specific colors. Now, this model seems so inaccurate, but back then I believe he was revered for his knowledge.

The double slit experiment is so amazing. When the commentator tried to show us what exactly was the double slit experiment he was at a bowling alley. With a barrier with two slits and a sheet in the back. He showed us that there are three options the bowling ball will hit the barrier or will pass through the slits and hitting the sheet. As more and more balls pass this seems to be the case wherein the balls that make it through the barrier go to the same spot every time.

When Max Born said that electrons are a probability wave I was first confused because I knew electrons as particles, not waves. Then I heard his explanation, and it was clear. These waves that were once thought of an extended electron is not the electron itself but where the electron is most likely to be.

One quote I heard within the documentary was that “The universe is governed by probability” I couldn’t agree more. All matter in the universe are made up of atoms that are governed by probability, not certainty. In life nothing is certain, but many outcomes are probable.

Quantum entanglement like the guy said I a confusing subject even he didn’t get it in college. I was confused at first too. Quantum Entanglement is the theoretical prediction that comes from the equations of quantum mechanics two particles become entangled if they are close together and their properties become linked, even if u separate those particles sending them in opposite directions they remain entangled

Overall Quantum anything is a confusing topic to understand. It will take years at a university to start comprehending the bare minimum. However Quantum theory I believe is very real and since there is nothing to contradict that it does exist in my eyes.

The History of the World in 2 Hours Reflection/ The Story of Us (Primer)

It was so hard to comprehend that before the big bang there was nothing. Mankind has been asking the question of “Why did our universe suddenly erupt in a mass expansion?” over and over again. This expansion of energy created all the energy that will ever exist, power the stars, fuel anything that ever lives, any energy you will consume, and dates back to the beginning of time.

It’s amazing how gravity, the great sculptor of the universe, formed our first galaxies. When the temperature reaches 18 million degrees, Fahrenheit hydrogen atoms slam together creating a new element, helium and radiating bursts of energy. This process created the stars in the vast expanse.

The more complicated elements were created in the stars. These “element factories” produced more and more elements. To learn that the universe created the elements we use today on a daily basis like nitrogen, oxygen, and iron is just astonishing.

To learn that without supernovas we wouldn’t be here today. I love the quote “We are all stardust” because it is true, what we are, dates back to the beginning of time.

Our sun was born and takes up 99.9% of all the dust and gas of the solar system. That .1% is just enough for gravity to form our planets and in turn our earth with a day lasting only 6 HOURS I couldn’t believe it!

If you showed me primordial earth, I would say that it was a completely different planet since the primordial earth is just a barren wasteland of molten lava. Lighter material floats to the surface and forms the crust. Heavier material sinks forming an iron-nickel core which in turn creates our magnetic field which shields our earth. I like to think of it like a gigantic force field surrounding the earth.

An object the size of Mars smashes into our earth and with some molten debris being thrown into space. Within a year gravity gathered this material and created our moon. Without the moon, we wouldn’t be here right now because it gave us a tilted planet with seasons.

As our planet cools, rain starts pouring down forming puddles to rivers to eventually our oceans. Within our primeval oceans, six simple elements combine and form the key substances to create life, the most spectacular being DNA.

Life then formed, with the earliest organisms being bacteria which later create one of the most vital elements to life, Oxygen. As the earth advances through time, more and more complex life begin to develop and evolve. Our planet begins to look more and more like the Earth we know today.

Overall I am just flabbergasted by everything that happened to start at the beginning of time. It’s crazy how each event of the timeline happened exactly at the right time it needed to, to form our universe, our stars, our galaxies, our earth, and us. I am a firm believer that God made the earth, but it is truly interesting to view our creation from the point of view of science.