88 points
You cannot see the toys move but you can see if they’ve moved around or changed something in their environment. That’s pretty much how particle physics works.
55 points
10 points
I once read somewhere that our current approach with accelerators is like studying the inside of a walnut by smashing them with a very large hammer.
20 points
There a whole branch of quantum mechanics research that’s trying increasingly complicated ways of not looking at the particles while trying to sneak a look.
