On Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 5:27:37 AM UTC-6 John Clark wrote:
On Sat, Aug 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM Alan Grayson <[email protected]> wrote: *> CORRECTION: when we don't know which slit the electron passes through, we don't see interference * *CORRECTION to your correction: when we DON'T know which split the electron passed through we DO see interference. * *You're definitely mistaken. Interference is an ensemble property, so there's no visible interference on any single trial, regardless of whether you have which-way information or not. AG* *When we DO know which slit the electron passed through we do NOT see interference. * *> UNLESS this same experiment is repeated numerous times. IOW, interference, aka wave behavior, is an ensemble property. * *But even with just one electron you can make a much much better guess where the electron will hit the screen if you know which split it went through then if you did not. * *> I contend that Something cannot become Nothing, and Nothing cannot become Something.* *Good for you. And on the day you are able to prove that, rent a tuxedo, buy an airline ticket to Stockholm, write your acceptance speech, and receive your prize.* *It cannot be proven; just like the principles of logic you depend on cannot be proven. And neither can your claim be proven that an expanding universe "stretches" a photon's wavelength. You don't seem to understand that your claim is just a story you love and believe has substance. It's nothing more than that! And one proof is your inability to define that wavelength for photons in QM. The wavelength value in its energy equation is a quantum number, with no relation to spatial extent. A photon is a point particle. It has zero length and does not experience time. AG * *John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>* 3]* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/9887e544-a0ea-4451-bccf-164ba8c41a97n%40googlegroups.com.
