Quantum tunnelling, similar to other “spooky” observations in quantum mechanics, is extremely hard to wrap our minds around. It’s one of multiple observations in the field that show what we think is impossible, is actually probable.
These observations happen at the subatomic level because quantum mechanics observes matter in its smallest form, where we often see strange and unexplainable things happen. It’s commonly believed that the ‘rules’ and physical laws don’t apply to matter at the quantum scale as they do at what’s known at the classical scale. In other words, just because particles have been observed passing through impenetrable barriers at the quantum level, it does not mean human beings can walk through walls or that solid objects can pass through them. Or does it? After all, we are all made up of subatomic particles, aren’t we? There has been evidence that large physical objects can also pass through spatial barriers. ‘Paranormal’ events may, in some way, be connected to what we see in quantum mechanics....<<<Read More>>>...
