Does Quantum Mechanics Apply to Large Objects?

Why Quantum mechanics applies to more than just the smallest particles. And how quantum mehcnaics converges to the classical limit depending on the de brogile wavelength.
We explore the double slit experiment and discover bucky balls actually shows super position or quantum interference.
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[@SimulatingPhysics]

It's interesting to notice that Bose-Einstein condensates exhibit quantum behavior at a macroscopic scale. Its wavefunction interference can be observed macroscopically. They are really weird.

[@EpicMathTime]

Here's an analogy that describes my intuition:
Create a 1-pixel image, and color that pixel a random shade of gray. That random shade represents a quantum state.
Create a larger image, say 10x10 pixels, and do the same: each of the 100 pixels is a random shade of gray. At this scale, the quantum states are still clearly influencing how we see the image. The important part is that if we randomly changed the quantum states of all of the pixels, the image would change before our eyes, the quantum states influences the outcome (our perception).
As we keep making this image larger and larger, the quantum effects will begin to get lost. If we did this with a 10,000x10,000 pixel image, we would likely just see a big gray square, and the quantum states of the individual pixels (particles) are just lost in a sea of other quantum states. This time, if we randomly changed the quantum states of all of the pixels, we probably couldn't tell at all. The image certainly changed, but the outcome (our perception) probably did not.
I guess it's like that. Big objects are just a bunch of small objects that are close together, so yes! Its influence never completely goes away in observing a large object. But the larger it is, the more "fuzzy" those quantum effects become.
(Also, the word is "slit", slith is not an English word (as far as I know).)

[@Higgsinophysics]

I love that analogy

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[@HadiM-rb7yo]

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[@Higgsinophysics]

This video is from my part in ZAP physics video on common misconceptions in QM. Check it out here: ruclips.net/video/51Jjc5e7Mqc/видео.html

[@polielie]

One correction. It is not slith but slit. You both pronounce and spell it wrong.

[@Higgsinophysics]

Well the channel isn't called Higgsino Grammatics

[@polielie]

@@Higgsinophysics that's true but no harm to correct.