Recommended Reading: Clocks Hate Other Clocks – Thanks To Quantum Uncertainty, The More Accurate A Clock Is, The Less Accurate Nearby Clocks Are

The closer you look at reality, the weirder it tends to look, especially if you’re using the twin lenses of general relativity and quantum mechanics. It’s thanks to the latter that we can build ultra-accurate atomic clocks. One of the most interesting features of high precision atomic clocks, is that they can actually measure something called relativistic time dilation effects – but when you add quantum theory to the mix, it turns out that the more accurate a clock is, the less accurate clocks around it can be.

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