CardinalFang;191091 Wrote: > The double slit experiment is fundamental to quantum physics, but the > wave/particle duality could only apply to electrons, not sound waves, > which are obviously sound pressure waves and never particles. > > The really weird part for me is that the Copenhagan Interpretation, > which is probably the most widely accepted explanation for the > experiment, is that electrons and other quantum objects exist as > probability waves until they are detected, when they become particles. > In other words, nothing really exists as a particle unless someone is > looking at it. If you try to watch the individual electrons passing > through the slits, they appear as particles, if don't, you see an > interference pattern. It's called "collapsing the wave function". > > Taken to its extreme, that also implies that if there wasn't someone or > something observing the universe, then it would still exist as > probability waves, and therefore it proves the existence of God, > because something has to be observing the universe to collapse the wave > function. Either God, or the flying spaghetti monster. > > Or in Peter Belts' world, if you avoid measuring or looking at the > electrons in your HiFi system, they won't exist as particles any more, > and your HiFi won't work properly. Or is it the other way round. In any > case, you should ask for a refund if your HiFi becomes a probability > wave. > > It also means that your TV has no picture on it unless you are looking > at it, and you really can't be sure if the light really does come on in > your fridge if you are not watching. > > Hello nurse, time for my shot already?
Would my audio sound better if I had a cat that was neither alive nor dead? Maybe if I drew a picture of the cat with a pen treated by the Belts? -- jeffmeh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jeffmeh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3986 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33956 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
