• chortle_tortle@mander.xyz
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    3 days ago

    Thank you!

    And yes you are correct, as it exists as a probability wave, it is not spinning. It does however have intrinsic angular momentum as seen in effects like Hydrogen Fine Structure, that behave exactly as though it were a ball spinning, with a set specific angular momentum. But don’t worry, the confusion is alleviated when you learn that it very definitely isn’t a ball spinning as it doesn’t have a singular spin but rather a super position of possible spin states. You can think of it like, for example, three parts spinning clockwise and one part spinning counter-clockwise.

    It usually around this point that I am reminded that the universe does not owe my puny monkey brain a lick of sense.

    • Chris@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      I read an article that was arguing that the universe could be unknowable to our brains. That was real depressing