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Re:LHC experiments see first evidence of a rare Higgs boson ... by ajkjk on Monday May 29, 2023 @08:01PM (#36119599)
Not really.

A field's normal vibration is like plucking a guitar string. A quantum is like shaking the end of a rope and seeing a ripple fly down it.

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Re:LHC experiments see first evidence of a rare Higgs boson ... by jameshart on Monday May 29, 2023 @10:00PM (#36120377)
A more developed version of this metaphor showed up on Youtube this very week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExhSqq1jysg
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Re:LHC experiments see first evidence of a rare Higgs boson ... by ajkjk on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @07:59AM (#36123761)
(well, the guitar string part isn't very apt. It's more like: two objects are flying connected by a stretchy rope)
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