electron energy levels and orbits are very important concepts

and you can't measure an electron with a photon without effecting the measurement

It causes misconceptions

its just how waves work dude

it's pretty simple

It is what it is, so what if ppl use imperfect means to define it as long as they continue to figure better ways to predict expected output for a given input

would you prefer to use the old and outdated atom models lol

if we find some way to measure properties of a wave-packet using something that doesn't effect the measurement, that would be the holy grail of particle physics and quantum mechanics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iol5936dZho&list=PLhyKYa0YJ_5ATEDqJRuoIvOH-eVkHP7ms&index=2&t=0s

It causes people to think that the electron is only in orbit some of the time and might show up at any point in its orbit at any time, ina general area

they are waves tho are they not?

EC weewoo

In reality, its always there

or whatever the fuck

not some orbiting sphere

in reality it is somewhere

always

they are "wave-packets"

they are everywhere on the orbit at all times

but it could be in multiple regions

because you know

thats how it works

No they are singular entities

it isnt a regular orbit

electrons are in a superposition around the nuclei

and they can teleport

soooo

I'm out, i want breakfast and just realized it's fucking 1pm already

Nothing exists in more than one place at a time, or there would be more than one of it

They're superpositioned

but you dont know where it is

is the point

lel

Failing to know what's actually going on and defaulting to magical explanations is counterproductive

I'm reminded of the theory that there's really only one electron in existence and it just intersects with our dimension everywhere at once.

it's not necessarily that it exists in more than one place at a time, it's that it could be in all places at any given time

lol

How can it do that?

magical?

its observably true

because quantum mechanics is weird lol