On Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 11:16:20 AM UTC-5, Alan Grayson wrote: > > > > On Friday, October 11, 2019 at 11:41:53 AM UTC-6, Philip Thrift wrote: >> >> >> >> What I call a "ship" above can be done with a *2000-atom molecule* in a >> double slit experiment (latest news). >> >> Now a 2000-atom molecule is not as big as ship, but it should provide >> what you need to know, If you think about it. >> >> @philipthrift >> > > I just posted the article about this. How does the existence of > interference for a large molecule demonstrate that a particle can be in > multiple positions simultaneously? AG >
What is your "quantum interpretation" of this: These hefty molecules (oligotetraphenyl porphyrins enriched with fluoroalkyl-sulfanyl chains) are sent through a 2-slit screen and land on a collection array forming a diffraction pattern (just as photons do). How does the presence of the 2 slits make the interference pattern? What is interfering with what? (Sabine Hosssenfelder says a particle - and she would have to say this molecule - is in two places at once. But she doesn't have a quantum interpretation. But what would *Vic Stenger* have said? I am partial to some some sort of path-integral sum-over-histories interpretation*, but it seems the world is adopting the Many World interpretation today, so it doesn't matter.) * Sum Over Histories: Discrete Step Interpretation Muhammad Adeel Ajaib University of Delaware https://arxiv.org/pdf/1403.2017.pdf Beneath the surface of our world lies a sea where quantal histories are born and die. @philipthrift -- 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 on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/06fd905c-2b14-4b92-90b2-7a814c26fcd4%40googlegroups.com.
