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Well, from the article on the dual-slit experiment ... > What many don’t realize is that the double slit experiment (with particles), proposed by Feynman in 19
by eternalny1 7y ago
Well, from the article on the dual-slit experiment ...
> What many don’t realize is that the double slit experiment (with particles), proposed by Feynman in 1963, was for decades only a thought experiment. Finally, in 2013, it was successfully performed with electrons.
- 4ad 7y agoThe author is mistaken: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21363496 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21363496
- z92 7y agoThe author implied it was a thought experiment for "particles" like electron, though actually demonstrated from the very beginning for non-particles such as photons. That claim still might not be true.