'There’s a tiny but calculable likelihood that our quantum wave will tunnel its way through space-time and wind up [on Mars].'
"Quantum theory," Kaku writes, "is based on what is known as Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, allowing for a small probability that we can exist even on distant places like Mars."
Given this principle, "there’s a tiny but calculable likelihood that our quantum wave will tunnel its way through space-time and wind up there."The reality, as the physicist writes, is that "when you do the calculation, you find that for [you to wake up on Mars], you’d have to wait longer than the lifetime of the universe.". Using a series of beautifully simple metaphors, Kaku reinforces his belief that reality is, paraphrasing the British geneticist J.B.S.
But as Kaku notes, unlikely doesn't mean impossible — which is why quantum physics, and its quest to explain the origins of the universe down to the level quantum uncertainty, makes all the difference in the worlds that exist, have existed, or could exist in the future.
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