Re: Double Slit Puzzle Explained (?)

"Bill Miller" <billmillerkt4ye@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:sXiZj.6499$j41.1845@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"FrediFizzx" <fredifizzx@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:69jgjjF328ntjU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"Bill Miller" <billmillerkt4ye@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:cMYYj.3488$j41.229@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


Hint: Accepting that electrons have both properties does NOT answer the above question. (Unless, along with the properties of a wave and a particle, an electron ALSO has sentience.)

If an electron has real wave properties it definitely explains the phenomenon. No "sentience" is needed.

Yes, sentience is required. Remember, we are talking about one electron going through one slit. When One slit is present we measure wave pattern "A" When two slits are present, we measure wave pattern B. A and B are not the same. With your hypothesis, there is no way that the electron (or photon, or atom or molecule or BRICK) can know anything about the presence of the second slit.

Don't be silly. The real wave pattern goes thru both slits when both are open. The kicker is that if you try to put a detector at one or both of the slits to see which slit the electron went thru, the interference pattern of two slits disappears and you get a single slit pattern.

Best,

Fred Diether
Co-moderator sci.physics.foundations


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