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Is Quantum Tunneling Faster than Light?
Where are you right now? Until you interact with another particle you could be any number of places within a wave of probabilities. Matt dives into these counter-intuitive ideas and explains the bizarre phenomenon known as quantum tunneling in this episode of Space Time.
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