Trivia

[retina]

Originally Posted by a1call

So how does observation of particle parameters destroy the wave function?

It doesn't. The waves never "collapse". Particles don't exist. It is all just waves (fluctuations in fields). And we sometimes see them as particles if we look in particular ways with particular tests that we think we understand.

[a1call]

Originally Posted by retina

It doesn't. The waves never "collapse". Particles don't exist. It is all just waves (fluctuations in fields). And we sometimes see them as particles if we look in particular ways with particular tests that we think we understand.

So why do the interference fringes in the double slit experiment disappear when any of the 2 slits is covered letting us know (observe), which slit the photon went through?

[retina]

Originally Posted by a1call

So why do the interference fringes in the double slit experiment disappear when any of the 2 slits is covered letting us know (observe), which slit the photon went through?

Because interference disappears with only a single slit.

A better question to ask is why a single photon can pass through both slits. That shows the wave nature of the "particle".

[a1call]

Originally Posted by retina

Because interference disappears with only a single slit.

But that’s the same thing as saying that a tree makes a sound regardless of, if a conscious entity is around to observe it.
I posit that is unprovable by definition, since men can not be always wrong.

https://www.mersenneforum.org/showpo...36&postcount=9

[kriesel]

Originally Posted by a1call

since men can not be always wrong.

You've obviously never been married to an American woman. well, to one of my exes.

[kruoli]

Originally Posted by a1call

since men can not be always wrong.

Unfortunately, it often gets confused with: Every men will be wrong at least once. Which is undoubtely true, of course.

[LaurV]

And that's how my trivia blog section becomes high-level physics course...