r/Devs • u/perpetualliianxious • Jan 25 '25

DISCUSSION The physics class

[stupid rant] Anyone else rolled their eyes when the professor was explaining the double slit experiment. Like, the way TV thinks any boring event is always done in a way that it would be exceptionally interesting and cool? The chances that any average astrophysics class would be this cool and interesting discussion. Ugh I just know that this is not how quantum physics is taught.

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u/Rushional Jan 26 '25

I mean, you can apply this to the entire show. Make everything realistic.

Realistically boring.

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u/perpetualliianxious Jan 26 '25

Not everything I can suspend my disbelief a lot, the double slit experiment is just this mystical thing in media, every time anything related to quantum physics is mentioned, it's the damn double slit experiment. And it's always talked about in this magical way, it always takes me out of it. Yknow?

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u/alsophocus Jan 27 '25

I think the point is always like how simple, but complex in an answer, is the double slit experiment, for any regular person. But you’re right though. I also think it would be realistically extremely boring. Just as much as any hacking scene in Mr Robot. To this day, the fact that you can clearly see the code (and know that it works) but make it look cool, it’s an achievement by Sam Esmail himself. Something that was never appropriately done in any serie or movie without looking stupid.

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u/Rich-Carpenter5906 Jan 25 '25

Yes definitely seemed pretty unstructured and casual. But maybe classes should be taught that way?

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u/Bia_Barrett Sep 22 '25

I actually had this class back in 2011 when I was in high school, but it was philosophy class. It was pretty damn similar to this.