I'm not a scientist and i don;t claim to understand quantum physics but the double slit experiment just floors me.
it goes like this.
Shoot matter through a slit and you get 1 band on the wall behind it shoot it through 2 slits and you get 2 bands. send a wave through 1 slit and you get 1 band shoot it through 2 and you get an interference pattern and multiple bands.
Shoot electrons (which count as bits of matter) through 1 slit and you get 1 band through 2 slits you get an interference pattern (this should not be). So they decided to send 1 electron at a time through 2 slits. they still got the interference pattern. proving that electrons travel as a wave. Ok now here is where it gets way too strange.
The scientists wanted to know which slit the electron was traveling through so they put a sensor by the slits. Now this sensor was passive and did not interfere with the electrons in anyway shape or form. and yet when the sensor is on the interference pattern disappeared and the electron ceased to act like a wave. Simple observation changed the outcome of the experiment.
Now I have read some peoples posts claiming that this proves there is a god, Perhaps i'm stupid but I don't see how that proves anything other than how mysterious the universe really is.
On a related note some scientists in Italy believe they may have detected dark matter particles for the first time. other sites I have read believe it to be possible but far too premature to be making such a claim. in other words the jury is still out.
Monday, April 21, 2008
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