Although the sun is shining now (about 44F) we had quite a mixed bag this morning with snow/rain (36F). Salem and I dashed out for a walk just now, succeeding in avoiding all precipitation. I snapped this hyacinth in a neighbor's garden while we were out. It smelled divine.

While it was raining, I was reading The Quantum Mystery by John Gribbin. which talks about how “the central mystery of quantum physics is encapsulated in the experiment with two holes, also known as the double-slit experiment. In this experiment, a particle going through one of a pair of holes seems to be aware of what is going on at the other hole, and changes its behaviour according to whether that hole is open or closed."

The other book I was reading (by M Wheatley) talked about quantum physics so I got curious and decided to do some more reading. I have read about this before, in articles and other books but I wanted a refresher. It truly is crazy what happens at the subatomic level. Physicists can't really explain why it is the way it is, they just seem to have gotten use to saying "it just can't happen that way", when it does all the time. I also watched a video by a "quantum biologist" and he gave a short explanation of the current thinking on how the European Robin navigates its migration. And he mentioned quantum entanglement in a protein in the eyes of the robin that helps it determine where it is based on the earth's magnetic field. It was very interesting to say the least.