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Zach Weinersmith
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And the part that got me is the idea that if you just think of horizontal as a projection on a circle with vectors in the + and - directions it's clear why photons get through 3 polarizers and not two at 0 and 90 degrees.
But the fact that the math makes the physics is so weird.
2025-08-24T14:54:43.426Z