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SOxBExNOxFEAR (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
this changed my life...despite my interest in quantum physics i have yet to know a lot about it...BUT THAT WAS FREAKIN AWESOME
sykop8ntballer (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Christ I love quantum physics.
phir3wallk3r (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
And of course I repeat what I've read in a book. I didn't invent QM...
phir3wallk3r (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I just used the "collapsed the WF" phrase to adhere to the lingo used here. The movie here is actually wrong, the electron does not change from particle to wave and back. It's always particle and the probability of finding it in a particular location is described by the wavefunction. If you locate the electron near one slit, you have showed this probability 100% (you detected it) and you start a new experiment from that point. Put a 2nd double slit and you get another interference pattern.
bollox93 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
You see you've just shown your ignorance in those two comments. They do NOT produce accurate results. That's the whole point of QM. They produce the probablities of things happening.
greycloud24 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
this is oversimplified bollox. go to wiki and study the copenhagen interpretation and wave function collapse. it probably will go way over your head. but the physics stick and they produce very very accurate results.
greycloud24 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
the books were based off of experiments. the experiments make predictable conclusions and this is why quantum physics is part of science. it makes predictions that can be independently verified. it is not a load of cobblers and if it were coincidence it would be like coincidently finding a ticket to every major lottery in america and they are all winners, and you do this every day for a week.
bollox93 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
phir3wallk3r - You're just repeating what you've read in a book. "collapses the wave function" is a meaningless phrase to cover up the fact that scientists cannot make head nor tail out of quantum theory and it is, in fact, a load of cobblers that by sheer coincidence happens to agree with experiment..... so far.
phir3wallk3r (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
observation disturbes the photon... you cannot observe any system without interfering with it. The photon doesn't decide anything, the observer collapses the wave function.
juffan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
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