Aaron D. O'Connell Born : March 5, 1981 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by Aaron D. O'Connell If everything is made up of little particles and all the little particles follow quantum mechanics, then shouldn't everything just follow quantum mechanics? Aaron D. O'Connell motivation inspiration littles Scientists and academics in particular focus on detail and the minutiae. When they talk to each other, they usually don't focus on the broad ideas; they don't focus on social interconnectedness. They focus on the task that they're doing. Aaron D. O'Connell detail doing focus ideas Your connections to all the things around you literally define who you are. Aaron D. O'Connell your things you connections If I realize that actually there's quantum mechanics happening around us all the time in some macroscopic, interconnected way, then that doesn't change my perception of it, that doesn't change my interaction with it; it just changes how I view my interaction. Aaron D. O'Connell view change time way We talk about quantum weirdness and things being in two places at once, but it all involves atoms and molecules, stuff we don't normally interact with. Aaron D. O'Connell talk things being two The qubit acts as a bridge between the microscopic and the macroscopic worlds. Aaron D. O'Connell acts worlds bridge between If you go into any physics lab, everybody is depressed and feels isolated. We don't get any feedback that anybody cares about what we're doing. Aaron D. O'Connell doing go you physics