Comment Re:Like a polarizer? (Score 1) 33
Sure, and we are looking for thing that cannot.
We are? We're talking about somebody using the term "quantum material", not looking for evidence supporting quantum physics.
Even so, you should be able to pretty easily notice deviations from Maxwell. It's a pain in the ass with film but pretty well any modern CCD or CMOS sensor should be able to detect shot noise from a double slit, crossed polarizer or just plain old light source experiment at tabletop scale. If not, add an ND filter.
'd be very careful about interpreting QM as "how it works".
Yeah, I didn't say that. It's pretty easy to show that both quantum mechanics and Maxwell are not how it works. Your claim that a polarizer is not a "quantum material" because you can explain it's behaviour with a classical theory (in very limited circumstances) really is assuming "that's how it works" though.