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quantum mechanics |
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classical mechanics ( analogue ) that by throwing a marble at the moon a tiny but calculable shift occurs in the moon's position and that every marble thrown will produce a similar shft until a trillion marbles later an observable shift is noticed |
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quantum mechanics ( digital ) that no shift occurs until the trillionth marble has been thrown and enough energy has built up to cause a shift |
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classical mechanics ( analogue ) that as the sun's mass dissipates ( four million tons every second ) its gravitational pull on the earth decreases accordingly so that a gradual increase of the distance between the earth and the sun occurs micro second by micro second |
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quantum mechanics ( digital ) that no change in position can occur until a minimum energy exchange ( planck's constant or a multiple of it ) has taken place |
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or... |
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have a go at thinking of an example yourself |
