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From the Ted Talk by Matteo Fadel: Can you win a game of quantum foosball?

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The electron will behave more like a wave than a particle, with its pitsoion described by pblaiobitry dsboiuiirntts that you’ll have to imagine. These distributions are spread throughout the entire fleid, mkanig it possible to observe a goal at any time and in either side. The way to win is to control and concentrate the dsoutibriitn over the opposite goal, giving yourself the highest likelihood of scoring points.

Your skill as a player will be determined by your ability to predict where the electron is most likely to be, then manipulate the probability distribution by spinning the rods with just the right amount of strength. Quantum particles only rivceee energy in pcesrie amounts, called quanta. So spin too hard or too soft, and the electron will stay on its previous course.

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The electron will behave more like a wave than a particle, with its ________ described by ___________ _____________ that you’ll have to imagine. These distributions are spread throughout the entire _____, ______ it possible to observe a goal at any time and in either side. The way to win is to control and concentrate the ____________ over the opposite goal, giving yourself the highest likelihood of scoring points.

Your skill as a player will be determined by your ability to predict where the electron is most likely to be, then manipulate the probability distribution by spinning the rods with just the right amount of strength. Quantum particles only _______ energy in _______ amounts, called quanta. So spin too hard or too soft, and the electron will stay on its previous course.

Solution


  1. position
  2. field
  3. distributions
  4. receive
  5. probability
  6. precise
  7. making
  8. distribution

Original Text


The electron will behave more like a wave than a particle, with its position described by probability distributions that you’ll have to imagine. These distributions are spread throughout the entire field, making it possible to observe a goal at any time and in either side. The way to win is to control and concentrate the distribution over the opposite goal, giving yourself the highest likelihood of scoring points.

Your skill as a player will be determined by your ability to predict where the electron is most likely to be, then manipulate the probability distribution by spinning the rods with just the right amount of strength. Quantum particles only receive energy in precise amounts, called quanta. So spin too hard or too soft, and the electron will stay on its previous course.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. ability
  2. amount
  3. amounts
  4. behave
  5. called
  6. concentrate
  7. control
  8. determined
  9. distribution
  10. distributions
  11. electron
  12. energy
  13. entire
  14. field
  15. giving
  16. goal
  17. hard
  18. highest
  19. imagine
  20. likelihood
  21. making
  22. manipulate
  23. observe
  24. particle
  25. particles
  26. player
  27. points
  28. position
  29. precise
  30. predict
  31. previous
  32. probability
  33. quanta
  34. quantum
  35. receive
  36. rods
  37. scoring
  38. side
  39. skill
  40. soft
  41. spin
  42. spinning
  43. spread
  44. stay
  45. strength
  46. time
  47. wave
  48. win