{"id":7021,"date":"2026-02-03T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=7021"},"modified":"2026-02-03T09:55:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:55:40","slug":"episode-796-quantum-mechanics-for-the-rest-of-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2026\/02\/03\/episode-796-quantum-mechanics-for-the-rest-of-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 796: Quantum Mechanics for the Rest of Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Episode 796\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pDWpZOGi6xo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-1Pf\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1873\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7021-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep796_260203.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep796_260203.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep796_260203.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep796_260203.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Ep796_260203.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Feedback<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>QOTW: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/technoramapodcast\/posts\/pfbid0ZFH7ovsh1yTFW19m2upBxWNSbED6gmbuoR7ek6v2UDJh8t6vvfC4kTPDW84Ee1ghl\">Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/discord.com\/channels\/455731709984636958\/1440003646698819776\/threads\/1462982046543646925\">(13) Discord | #\ud83e\udd14\u250bquestion-of-the-week | Technorama Podcast<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Episode 800 is coming! (ETA March 15)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>On This Day In History for February 4, 2026<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 330 days remaining in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It was on this date in 1789, that George Washington was unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also today in 1825, The Ohio Legislature authorized the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lunar Orbiter 3 lifted off from Cape Canaveral&#8217;s Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft on this date in 1967.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also on February 4, 2004, Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, was founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>German violinist and composer, Johann Ludwig Bach, born on this date in 1677.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>German physicist and engineer, Ludwig Prandtl was born 151 years ago today.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reinhold Rudenberg, German-American inventor and a pioneer of electron microscopy was born on that same date in 1883.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Australian paleoanthropologist, Raymond Dart, born on this date in 1893.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Charles Lindbergh, the American pilot and explorer was born 124 years ago today.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>American civil rights activist, Rosa Parks, born on this date in 1913.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conrad Bain, Canadian-American actor was born on that same date in 1923.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Listener Birthdays<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>4 &#8211; Stewe Lundin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7 &#8211; Chad W. 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The strange new social media site for AI bots<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/new-research-reveals-humans-have-a-remote-touch-seventh-sense\/\">New Research Reveals Humans Have a Remote Touch \u201cSeventh Sense\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/pro\/20-of-the-wackiest-tech-stories-of-2025\">Screaming Wi-Fi: Converting wireless traffic into analog static<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Shout out to the chat room<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch us live every Sunday night at 8:30PM ET on Facebook. Go to Join our page and get notified automatically. 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