Episode 6.23: Decoherence, or how we as large macroscopic beings interact with microscopic worlds.

Learning by doing is about constructing what you think is a coherent narrative out of what you think you’ve learnt. In the case of quantum mechanics and the classical world this is a good example of how we need to learn by building the scaffolding that gives rise to some sort of understanding of the relationship between the macroscopic and microscopic worlds. An observer as a persistent structure that need not be conscious or intentional.