SergiusPaulus
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Is a billiard ball traveling through another billiard ball an example of quantum tunneling?
I had an experience a few years ago shooting pool by myself. I tried shooting the balls in sequence. Midway thru my practice the next ball in sequence was blocked by another ball. So I had no shot. So I aimed for my ball knowing I could not hit it due to being blocked by another ball. I hit it as hard as I could and with strong concentration and focus on the shot. The cue ball traveled straight to my ball and hit my ball as though the ball blocking it was not there. I was expecting the cue ball to hit the blocking ball and setup another random shot.
There were 2 other anomalies that occurred during my practice before that happened. The first anomaly was that the table next to me, the door that secures the balls inside the table was laying on the floor. It seemed a hallucination. These were pay to play tables so it was truly strange to see the door laying on the floor. Next anomaly was that my triangle used to rack the balls had disappeared from my table. So I could not rack the balls in practice. I had to randomly place them on the table. There were only 2 tables in this place. And no one was nearby to disturb the tables.
I keep telling myself that I misunderstood or misperceived what I saw. The blocking ball was Halfway in my path to my ball so I’m thinking I just misjudged the position of the ball. But at the time it seemed a weird experience.
Is a billiard ball traveling through another billiard ball an example of quantum tunneling?
I had an experience a few years ago shooting pool by myself. I tried shooting the balls in sequence. Midway thru my practice the next ball in sequence was blocked by another ball. So I had no shot. So I aimed for my ball knowing I could not hit it due to being blocked by another ball. I hit it as hard as I could and with strong concentration and focus on the shot. The cue ball traveled straight to my ball and hit my ball as though the ball blocking it was not there. I was expecting the cue ball to hit the blocking ball and setup another random shot.
There were 2 other anomalies that occurred during my practice before that happened. The first anomaly was that the table next to me, the door that secures the balls inside the table was laying on the floor. It seemed a hallucination. These were pay to play tables so it was truly strange to see the door laying on the floor. Next anomaly was that my triangle used to rack the balls had disappeared from my table. So I could not rack the balls in practice. I had to randomly place them on the table. There were only 2 tables in this place. And no one was nearby to disturb the tables.
I keep telling myself that I misunderstood or misperceived what I saw. The blocking ball was Halfway in my path to my ball so I’m thinking I just misjudged the position of the ball. But at the time it seemed a weird experience.