A useful analogy for photon behavior is a surfer approaching a wave—although the wave spreads across multiple surfers, only one surfer catches the entire wave while the others are left flat in the water, and the wave function describing the probability collapses to one point when it must interact with the physical world.

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Unidentified Speaker — Quantum computing in the 21st Century – with David Jamieson [zxml8UQSwC0]

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imagine you're surfing and you see this wave approaching... only one Surfer can catch the wave so it's like the other two Surfers left and right are left flat in the water

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Quantum computing in the 21st Century – with David JamiesonThe Royal Institution
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:11:15 AM

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