Ask Allegheny: What can you not wrap your head around?

Andre Barnes, ’26Major: Communication and Media“Why is Greenland called Greenland, but Iceland is called Iceland. But Greenland is so icey and you got… Iceland. It’s not even — (it) doesn’t make sense to me.” (Ray Krishtul)

Maggie Dineen, ’27Major: Psychology“I can’t wrap my head around why all the football players use those e-scooters.” (Ray Krishtul)

Toby Johnson, ’25Major: Physics“Something I can’t wrap my head around is how…in quantum mechanics how we know (a particle) is in a superposition before we observe it.” (Ray Krishtul)