And just when I was losing hope

Today on Digg there was a link to a fantastic google video. This video does an excellent job illustrating how we understand particles to behave as both a wave and a bit of matter at the same time. So good in fact that I recommend everyone watch it. If you already understand the subject watch it anyway; from that point forward you will be able to explain the phenomenon to anyone easily. My only problem with the entire thing is that the animated host busts out with the word "superposition" with no explanation. I know what the word means, but I remember quite well the fairly recent time in my life where I didn't. If you think I'm being overly harsh or out of touch take a look at Wikipedia's quantum superposition page. It's not a one liner.

As far as I can tell this clip was taken from What the Bleep Do We Know!? that I admittedly avoided seeing despite my interest in such topics because I heard their sources were a little more than questionable. I really don't like it when people inject new age hooey into science and then call it science. The new age hooey is fine, just don't tout it as science. As for the old age hooey, well, I think God punishes ignorance too.