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 CLASSICAL MECHANICS/QUANTUM MECHANICS

 

classical mechanics (analogue)

that by throwing a marble at the moon a tiny but calculable shift occurs in the moon's position and that every marble thrown will produce a similar shft until a trillion marbles lateran observable shift is noticed

 

 

 

 

quantum mechanics (digital)

  that no shift occurs until the trillionth marble has been thrown and enough energy has built up to cause a shift

 

 

 

 

classical mechanics (analogue)

 that as the sun's mass dissipates (four million tons every second) its gravitational pull on the earth decreases accordingly so that a gradual increase of the distance between the earth and the sun occurs micro second by micro second 

 

 

 

 

 

 quantum mechanics (digital)

that no change in position can occur until a minimum energy exchange ( planck's constant or a multiple of it) has taken place

 have a go at thinking of an example yourself

 

 

 

 

 

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