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As the other comments have already mentioned, it interferes with itself, so you still observe the same interference patterns [0] [1]. Which admittedly seems imp
by gucci-on-fleek 11mo ago
As the other comments have already mentioned, it interferes with itself, so you still observe the same interference patterns [0] [1]. Which admittedly seems impossible at first, but so does the rest of quantum physics.
[0]: https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/III_01.html#Ch1-S5 https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/III_01.html#Ch1-S5
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave%E2%80%93particle_duality#Electrons_behaving_as_waves_and_particles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave%E2%80%93particle_duality#...
- prmph 11mo ago> Which admittedly seems impossible at first, but so does the rest of quantum physics. AKA, miracles can happen, hehe. I'm not trolling, this is a philosophical point I'm making.
- WJW 11mo agoDepends on the definition of miracle I guess. There's all sort of unintuitive shit going on in the quantum world, but we can make it happen so reliably that it's hardly a miracle anymore. Wikipedia defines a miracle as "an event that is inexplicable by natural or scientific laws and accordingly gets attributed to some supernatural or praeternatural cause". But we understand "how" quantum mechanics quite well, even if the behavior described by the equations is not very intuitive to humans.