# Making sense of a visible quantum object

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2011
- Speaker: Aaron O'Connell
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Physics, Philosophy
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/aaron_o_connell_making_sense_of_a_visible_quantum_object)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Physicists are used to the idea that subatomic particles behave according to the bizarre rules of quantum mechanics, completely different to human-scale objects. In a breakthrough experiment, Aaron O'Connell has blurred that distinction by creating an object that is visible to the unaided eye, but provably in two places at the same time. In this talk he suggests an intriguing way of thinking about the result.

## Lectures

1. [Making sense of a visible quantum object](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/aaron_o_connell_making_sense_of_a_visible_quantum_object/6c72f841ced2), 8 min (TED's player)