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In double slit experiment of Thomas Young, why do electrons (particles) behave like waves when we aren't observing them?
In double slit experiment of Thomas Young, electrons (particle) behaves like a particle when they are under observation. But how they suddenly behave like a wave when we do not observe them.
Jul 30 2012: It was not whether or not a human being was *watching* the process happen, but how set up and one measured the results of an experiment. Young's experiment proved that light behaves like a wave, because it produces an interference pattern when passed through two slits rather than a sum pattern. If light was strictly composed of particles, you'd see the sum of the light passing through the two slits; but if light behaved like a wave, you'd see the interference pattern.
Much later, others discovered that even if you sent through only *one* photon (or electron) at a time, you'd still build up an interference pattern, meaning that during transmission even single particles were behaving as a wave, rather than the wave being a result of the aggregate of many particles interacting as with, say, molecules of water becoming waves in aggregate.
More interesting than that, if the experiment put particle detectors at the slits themselves, to see which slit the particle went through, it worked - that is, it was also proven that there was a discrete particle that traveled only through one slit or the other, not both. So it turns out they're both waves and particles, in some sense.
Basically, depending on how you set up the experiment, you can prove that photons (and other subatomic particles) are waves *or* particles, and that the two are not mutually exclusive, which is counter-intuitive in classical physics, but has nothing whatsoever to do with intelligent observers shaping the nature of the universe.
The conflation of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle (quantum mechanics), the Observer Effect (anthropology), and wave/particle duality, and how these things supposedly amount to "the nature of reality is dictated by perception" is a product of pseudoscientific mystics, not actual scientific evidence. Experiments purporting to support this notion have been repeatedly debunked. Don't let these people mislead you. The price of knowledge is eternal skepticism :)
Jul 30 2012: Thank you. Do have any personal view regarding the nature of these principles? You sound informed but It's not illegal to speculate is it? It's fun.
Jul 31 2012: In what sense? I think it's funny that people, in this case classical physicists, become so certain about their concept of reality that they are resistant to new information, sometimes to a fault. Also amusing is the way mystics love to seize on any uncertainty in science. Beyond the edge of present understanding there has always been void, and some choose to fill that void with dragons, faeries, and Gods; I for one am comfortable saying "I don't know enough to speculate". :)
Henk Mulder
Jul 24 2012: What you call observation is a process in your brain that conjures an image based on input through your senses. What is real to you, is in fact that conscious image in your brain. We can have no idea what reality outside us looks like. All we can do is compare what we see as individuals and agree on a common image that makes sense to us.
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What we call particles or waves are our images of these things. They are what we think they are because we "see" them in our (conscious) brain.
It is not hard to understand that what we see when we look at these particle/waves is not the same as when we don't look at them and they are somewhere in this information-energy ether out there.
What is surprising is that we have not managed to create a common conscious image of this particle-wave thing that is coherent between what it is and what we make of it.
Jul 27 2012: if so,how then living organisms survive in wave forms?
Jul 29 2012: This an excellent question, which we should attempt to answer.
And that is all it is.Jul 24 2012: It sounds like a radical assumption but what if our 'consciousness' had a slight effect on how they acted? Has that been tested?
I was once walking home questioning the same thing, but I thought...
"What IF someone completely believed they could alter how these 'particles' acted simply by thinking?"
Would, or could that change how they acted?
I found it strange that when we observed, they acted like we expected them to, BUT is that because we 'expected' them to? And our consciousness had some effect on how they acted?
Who is to say humans brainwaves don't have unknown 'powers', it's a controversial subject I know, but the evidence behind a 'sixth sense' is overwhelming in many fields of study.
Just a thought.
paul Ashton
Jul 27 2012: There is a "field" of study regarding this called noetics. They seek to quantify the weight and cosquence effect of thought. Dan Brown recently wrote a book incorporating these principles for whatever that is worth. You might want to check out Stuart Hammeroff's work online as well. Chek out bbc 4 "the atom". For a informative documentary including the implications of the double slit experiment and Schroeder's cat in a box experiment.
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Jul 29 2012: Wow, thank you for this :) I will be sure to further educate myself in this field. It definitely interests me!
paul Ashton
Jul 29 2012: I'm obsessed with it. Bring it up with me if you have questions or just to share in the bewilderment. Also check out the following if you like what you see.
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Some mind blowing stuff for you viewing and reading pleasure:
BBC 4 - Dangerous knowledge (on YouTube)
The Atom
M- theory
PBS Nova (on you tube)
-Hunting the Hidden Dimension (fractles)
-The Elegant Universe (series of 3 or four shows related to the bbc material but older-optional but simply explanitory)
(all of the below available on YouTube)
(hokey but thought provoking)
Holographic Universe (Part 1)
Introduction and Illustration on the Holographic Principle
-explains the role of black holes and potential information storage
Quantum Consciousness, Quantum Mind STUART HAMEROFF (P.1)
(also check out his website by the same title for a little light reading)
Check out on Ted.com -
Lucianne Walkowicz: Finding planets around other stars
Aaron O'Connell: Making sense of a visible quantum object
Andrea Ghez: The hunt for a supermassive black hole
Sean Carroll: Distant time and the hint of a multiverse
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-09/two-key-computing-advances-bring-quantum-computers-closer-realityJul 30 2012: What is your email? i'd love to discuss this with you in more depth :)Jul 29 2012: There are some limited results indicating that people's thoughts can effect the results of random number generators running in computers. You might want to check this out:
http://noosphere.princeton.edu/Jul 31 2012: As it turns out, consciousness does not have any intentional effect on physical world.
That is to say, no matter how many people are thinking or how hard they think, physics goes on, entirely undisturbed.
They idea that anyone's thoughts effect the outcome of the double slit experiment (or any other experiment or physical event) is an unfortunate misunderstanding that results from the use of the word 'observer'.
When physicists say that they 'observe' a particle in the double slit experiment they do not literally mean that someone actually looked at it, or thought about its location during experiment. In fact, there is no 'observer' at all in the sense of the term where observer means conscious agent (like a scientist, for example). Instead, the 'observer' is actually a detector that is part of the experimental apparatus. In order to make an observation though, the detector must interact with the particle as it travels along. Imagine being blind; the only way to 'observe' the location of, say, the remote control would be to touch it to discover its location. The touching, crucially, is the observation without which nothing could be definitively known. In the same way, any detector must 'touch' the particle to find out something about it: like how fast it's moving or where it is or what slit it went through. Crucially, however, by doing this, by 'touching' or 'observing' the particle, the particle's state is irrevocably changed (like leaving fingerprints on the remote) thereby altering the outcome of the experiment.
While admittedly bizarre, the way in which these experiments play out, both observed and otherwise, is completely and thoroughly explained by quantum mechanics.
Non-intuitive and difficult to understand? Yes. Sixth sense? Not so much.
This is rather interesting if you're interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-slit_experiment
Read it carefully.
Jul 31 2012: Informative and persuasive, thank you for that.
But, in my defense:
I, nor anyone alive fully understands the nature of consciousness, and it's spectrum of capabilities.
Jul 31 2012: You're welcome.
And yeah! Definitely.
Consciousness is rather bizarre and no one's figured it out completely. Yet!
But when it's all said and done, I'd place my bets on consciousness being an entirely physical phenomenon. I feel that a lot of people may find that idea rather disenchanting but I think it's lovely, imagining everything that I identify as 'me' as just a curious consequence of the very universe I'm a part of.Jul 31 2012: Check the Ted homepage Michael. Femto photography is observation enough I think. What do you think?j
Etienne Lamy
Jul 21 2012: As you said, electrons, just as photons or any particle, can behave as a wave or as a particle, under certain conditions.
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Take photons, and their polarity property, for example. Photons can have vertical, and horizontal polarity. When measuring it, the result can only be positive or negative, although the initial state is a combination of both. Indeed, measuring a result changes the behaviour of a particle. But when you take photons with vertical polarity fixed, the horizontal polarity becomes undefined.
According to Heinsenberg's uncertainty principle, you can't know as precisely as you want, the position and the quantity of movement of a particle. This means that when you "observe" the position of a particle, you change its probability field, and increase the uncertainty on its speed.
Therefore, you cannot keep the wave properties of matter while "observing" it.Jul 19 2012: This is only a very basic answer from reading Stephen Hawking's book. When we do not observe it, theoretically the electron takes EVERY possible path from A to B. This literally means that at the exact same time it flies through the slit but also does a lap of jupiter and then hits the detector. Every possible path exists on top of each other. And the wave-like dispersion pattern is caused by the same electron interfering with itself whilst existing everywhere at once. This does sound crazy but apparently it has worked in many other experiments and makes accurate predictions.
And the reason why the pattern changes when we observe it is subtle. All videos I've seen make it sound like just looking at an electron makes it change course, but it's not entirely true. As Hawking outlined in his book (to my relief) it's what's required to "see" something that changes the electron's course. To see things photons need to be reflected by an object. And when scientists bounce photons off the electrons it changes their energy, momentum and position and somehow ruins their superposition. They then form a different pattern. Hawking's example, I think, was when a football rolls along the ground imagine throwing balls at it from the side, you're going to change how the football behaves.
So electron left by itself= self interferes and forms a wave pattern because of superposition
When observed= photons ruin superposition in a sense and determines which path the electron takes.
Barry Palmer
Jul 20 2012: In my very humble opinion, quantum mechanics is a bunch of math that can make amazingly accurate predictions, and that math is a huge achievement. But we have zero understanding of what is actually going on. I think we limit ourselves by thinking in terms of waves and particles. What we call subatomic 'particles' act LIKE particles and act LIKE waves, but I suspect that they are neither, and our limited imaginations cannot figure out what they are.
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Jul 22 2012: My favorite explanation, is that there is something fundamentally flawed in either human perception, or much more simply the human eye, and we've built it into our tests.
Jul 31 2012: Actually, it's the detectors in the test themselves.
As an analogy, imagine trying to find the position of a marble in a dark room, by hitting it with another marble. It's kind of hard to do without interfering with the marble that you hit.
Earlier this year, researchers managed to do the experiment using more advanced technology and tools, so they could observe which slit it went through without interfering with the wave-like properties of the particle. Nothing about our eyes, just a huge refinement of the detection system in the test itself.
Here's an article that talks a little about it:
http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/05/disentangling-the-wave-particle-duality-in-the-double-slit-experiment/Jul 27 2012: I agree with this view. We most def limit ourselves when trying to extrapolate quantum phenomena to our world. The wave and the particle are only pictures we use, abstractions. I don't believe that the act of observation has anything "magical" to it as in "the object cares about how it's being observed". The choice of viewpoint simply brings certain characteristica into view.Jul 29 2012: I agree Barry, I think that as others have suggested, that light is neither particle nor wave. However, this does not explain how the results of an experiment may be determined by consciously observing it.
I think we are looking at two problems: 1/light is neither wave nor particle. 2/ There is also a significant/pivotal part played by consciousness in all this.
Jul 29 2012: Personally, I am philosophically opposed to the idea that observation per se plays any role in the outcome of these experiments. If you analyse all aspects of these experiments, it is clear that this idea is a conclusion, not an observation. I believe this conclusion is incorrect because we do not have a full understanding of what is actually occurring.. I believe the first mistake was interpreting the uncertainty principle as a property of the universe; I think it is just a limitation of what is knowable. A second mistake is not appreciating our ignorance of the true nature of subatomic particles. Also, I suspect there are other unknown phenomena affecting these experiments. The result is false conclusions. These mistakes stem from human hubris. Scientists have a desperation to understand and publish; their human needs cause them to put onto paper ideas and conclusions which are based on what they know. If you take a step back and look at the bigger picture, and also take into consideration the unknowns, their conclusions are not so conclusive.
All that being said, I could be wrong, and consciousness could be playing a role. But that cannot be considered a fact until we understand how consciousness is involved. Until then, it is just one possibility. Considering the history of science, I think it is very improbable. The universe does not need observers to function. Subatomic particles don't care about us.
I admit that I have only a layman's understanding of quantum mechanics. My strong opinions stem from a good grasp of logic and knowledge of the history of science. Many scientists have made the same kinds of mistakes that I see being made again and again. I recently saw a documentary in which a few rogue physicists are also looking for alternative explanations.
Jul 29 2012: Hi Barry, I try to drive philosophical objections away from my thoughts whilst I am considering a subject. Truth is blind to philosophical approach.
Physics adopts the philosophical approach that all comes from the material. This is a severe, unnecessary and arbitrary restriction in the search for knowledge. Adopting this it finds the answer it wants (i.e. all stems from a big-bang) even if to do this it needs to invent vast quantities of imaginary dark matter and energy to support this idea.
If science was free to discover our origins without any philosophical assumptions restricting the answer, it might find a different origin. Perhaps consciousness is our origin?
If a hammer is the tool available then every problem is a nail.Jul 31 2012: The double slit experiment was done earlier this year, both observing which slit the particle went through, and observing without interfering on it's wave-like properties. Consciousness didn't seem to have anything to do with it, just the detection technique, which now is much more advanced.
Carl Shaw
Aug 1 2012: Hi Marius,
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The article you reference raised my attention. I found c copy of the original paper at http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/05/23/1201271109 .
It appears the article isn't strictly representative of the experiment that was carried out. The experiment is an amalgamation of TWO experiments. The particle which interferes is a particle from experiment 1, whereas the particle which is detected as going through a particular slit is from a second experiment 2.
In conclusion the authors write:
"However, the EPR discussion (3) or the delayed-choice experiment (22) have taught
us that quantum objects do not have a reality independent of a
measurement as summarized (29) by the phrase "one cannot consider
quantum properties as being 'real,' in the sense of 'objective
John A. Wheeler (3), paraphrasing Bohr, expressed this fact
most vividly by saying "No elementary quantum phenomenon is
a phenomenon until it is a recorded phenomenon brought to a
close by an irreversible act of amplification."
In this sense our experiment can also be interpreted as another
confirmation of the nonobjectifiability of quantum mechanics or,
as stated by Torny Segerstedt, "Reality is theory." "
A similar recent experiment (http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9903047) uses similar materials but a different experimental arrangement such that THE SAME PHOTON can be measured in 1 single experiment. Availability of the results of the experiment (conscious observer) DID still seem to have significance.
Gail .
Jul 20 2012: The answer to that is speculation. Many physicists are rallying around the idea that we create our own realities using mind - leaving them (and others) to scientifically explore the questionn of "what is mind" (with some ASTOUNDING discoveries coming from that investigation). As one who has been deliberately manifesting reality since I learned about the power in the late 60s and early 70s, the idea intrigues me. But I don't like the explanation as articulated - believing it too incomplete. (Waves of probability interfering with themselves because of an unseen observer).
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The experiement suggests that particles ARE waves as well as particles. Each particle exists wtih its own waves of probability. I prefer to think of the "interference pattern" as something more personally meaningful. I see the bars of the interference pattern as being bars of probability - with the brightest bar being the strongest possibility given the circumstances, and the lighter bars being less and less probable. In other words, each bar represents a probable future, each of which is fulfilled in its own dimension - like in the Schroedinger's cat experiment, but not as vague. (Split Universe Theory - which I agree with)
There are many possible actions that you can take NOW. The strongest probability is that you will continue reading this. That makes your intent the thing that collapsed the wave form. - thus you create your reality. Perhaps the least probability is that you will now throw your computer across the room & smash it. But that potential reality exists in its own right - in its own dimension.
Bottom line: Reality is not 1-dimensional. Thoughts are electromagnetic energy and very powerful. They extend beyond the body & form relationships with the energies of other beings - of which we are a part and which we create. (multidimensional) Taking this to the farthest point, it suggests that we are God(s) because thru thought, we choose our futures using mind.
Jul 22 2012: I'll steal a line from Debra on this one, physicists rallying around the idea that we create our own realities using our minds... are "so open minded, that their brains are falling out" : )
Physicists are rallying around this idea for 2 reason in my mind. Quantum physics is in such poorly understood infancy, that people will rally behind just about any new idea now... and, ever since the big bang theory, physicists and buddhists are hoping that science is going to explain purpose to human life... I think that's a fools errand. I love foolishness though... So there's the rub.Jul 30 2012: Which physicists? Where? What expertise arising from a study of quantum physics lends new insights into the nature of the mind, which is historically associated with psychology and neuroscience? What kind of work does it take to jump from a career in theoretical physics to a career in neuroscience? What important ideas have come directly from this exploration? Have these ideas been turned into hypotheses? Have experiments been designed to test them? If so, what have the results of those experiments been? Have they been submitted for peer review? If so, what was the outcome of the review process? How can I reproduce them myself? If, according to these ideas, I can influence the universe or the nature of reality with my thoughts, exactly what thoughts should I hold in mind in order to produce what results? Is there a way to falsify any claim you or I may make as to the efficacy of this process?
One can ask many questions and make many assertions about the nature of reality, or of consciousness and intelligence. Finding the true answers, and proving the assertions, is much more difficult and complicated.
Jen Doty
Jul 29 2012: The "particle" aspect is created by the "will to materialize" a particle. The natural condition of matter is wavy, with prime importance being given to sound waves resonating as they create fascinating patterns of interplay (interference) within our many-dimensional probabubble-sphere. So the particulate nature of "reality" that we observe is only what our individual, human eyes "see" with the help of our visual cortex. The wavy nature is what is really there, hidden from us, but more fundamental to the nature of reality than the particle aspect. Hope that helps.
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Jul 29 2012: Where did/does the "will to materialize" come from ?
You've just verbalised/materialised the picture i have in my mind :)
Thank you !Jul 20 2012: I believe that it has something to do with mind energy were electric energy from are minds focused in a general area and thus effects the electrons.Jul 20 2012: Perhaps it's because we live in a simulation.
Ever play Doom and do the cheat where you walk through walls?
You walk through a wall and a monster is waiting there, dormant, but springs to life when you move through the wall.
Now, was that monster there before you walked through the wall? Yes, stored as data, waiting for your approach to become visible and spring to life, but certainly not observable in any sense. Something to think about, maybe not very hard, but definitely something to noodle.
s greco
Jul 20 2012: I honestly think anyone who, right now with what we know, tells you they have a definitive answer is either woefully wrong or ..hmm fudging the truth.
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There's the "observation makes the wave function collapse" camp and the "the detector causes interference that alters the outcome" camp. The truth is, there's no solid evidence either way. Its one of the most curious and perplexing puzzles in physics.
Given what we know about electrons and their penchant for being in multiple places at the same time, I personally find the "the detector causes interference that alters the outcome" to be too closed minded.
Who knows? Maybe when we do find the answer it will trump any of its predecessors.
Jul 20 2012: Check out the link below. They have managed to detect the path of photons without destroying the interference pattern by using entangled photon pairs. Now your choice in paragraph 2 is unnecessary.
s greco
Jul 20 2012: A very interesting approach, although I wonder what the ramifications are ultimately since the photons are ostensibly split before reaching the slit. But I found another article on the subject and offer this excerpt:
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'Steinberg stresses that his group's work does not challenge the uncertainty principle, pointing out that the results could, in principle, be predicted with standard quantum mechanics. But, he says, "it is not necessary to interpret the uncertainty principle as rigidly as we are often taught to do", arguing that other interpretations of quantum mechanics, such as the pilot-wave theory, might "help us to think in new ways".
David Deutsch of the University of Oxford, UK, is not convinced that the experiment has told us anything new about how the universe works. He says that although "it's quite cool to see strange predictions verified", the results could have been obtained simply by "calculating them using a computer and the equations of quantum mechanics".Jul 29 2012: I believe there is solid evidence:
In around the year 2000 several physicists put together a Young's slit experiment called a "Delayed Choice Quantum Eraser" which positively excludes any other possibility than it being the actual observation by a conscious observer which causes "wave function collapse". The experiment was conducted by Y.H. Shiti, Ho Kim, Ri Yu, S.P. Kulick, Marlan O-Scully, details may be looked up on the internet.
In all these experiments there is the common ground of probability waves and wave-function collapse. This interpretation of reality is not necessary, another interpretation will emerge which will explain all experiments to date without the need of recourse to statistics. This is the subject of my theory yet to be published.
Nevertheless the significance of consciousness remains. There is a definite and proven connection between quantum experiments and conscious observation of them.
Jul 29 2012: "consciousness" has nothing to do with this experiment.. See paper here:
The word "conscious" does not appear in the paper.
The experiment uses detectors which gather data and store that data. That stored data would be the same whether a conscious being looked at it or not. Your conclusions are NOT supported by this experiment.
Addition: Carl, since your reply has no reply button, I reply here.
I stand by my original assertion, it is still just an arrangement of detectors and there is absolutely no 'proof' that consciousness is involved. That is an interpretation, not an observation. And that is why the conclusion of the paper does not make that conclusion.
Carl Shaw
Jul 30 2012: Dear Barry, (part 1)
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You are right that the word "conscious" does not appear in the paper. There is a history to the Young's slit experiment which I understand as follows:
1. Young conducts the classical light wave projecting through two slits onto a screen experiment. The screen displays an interference pattern and hence proves that light is a wave.
2. Through the photoelectric effect Einstein discovers that light has a discrete property and therefore must be a particle.
3. Discrete photons are then projected through the slits to discover which slit they went through. Yet it is still discovered that the individual photons interfere with themselves and produce a diffraction pattern on the screen.
4. In an attempt to find out which slit each photon goes through, detectors are placed AT THE SLITS. The results on the detector screen show a discrete pattern thus indicating a particulate nature of light which appears when 'which slit' information is detected.
Thus it seemed that the act of detection had 'forced' the photon to decide which particular slit it was going to pass through. This experiment was the juncture at which Schrodinger had his famous "Schrodinger's cat" thought experiment. It seemed like the observation of the results of the experiment had collapsed the probability wave function and made the light particulate.
Since this experiment there have been many who have thought that it was not CONSCIOUS observation of the photons at the slits which brought about wave-function collapse but it was mechanical or energetic contact with the wave at the slits which brought it about.
It has been impossible to definitively prove whether it was mechanical or conscious observation until this elegant experiment was devised and conducted.
The question to be answered by this experiment is as follows:
Does the availability of 'which slit' information to the observer of the results of the experiment cause the light to become particulate?
Carl Shaw
Jul 30 2012: (part 2)
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In order to conduct the experiment no detection is made at the slits. Photons are split into entangled pairs AFTER the slits. One of these pairs is sent to detector 0. Detector 0 therefore provides positive detection for every photon through both slits, but it provides NO information about which slit it passed through.
Through the use of 50% transmission/reflection mirrors, length of transmission paths, subsequent detectors and coincidence of detection circuitry, the paths of the other entangled halves of the photons is traced into one of four possibilities:
1. A photon is detected having gone through through either slit A or B.
2. A photon is detected having gone through slit A and not through B
3. A photon is detected having gone through B and not through A
4. A photon is detected having gone through either A or B, but the equipment set-up erased the information subsequent to obtaining it. Thus although having been made energetically this information is NOT AVAILABLE to the observer of the experiment.
It is the logical detection path 4 which is crucial to the experiment. The set-up is devised such that 1 of two types of information can be retrieved from the experiment: 1. A photon passed through slit A or B and was detected as having passed through, or a photon passed through, was detected as having passed through, but information as to the specific slit it passed through was erased.
The results clearly show that WHEN the 'which-slit' information is available to the experimental conductor - the (fig 5) photons exhibit particle like behaviour. When the information is collected BUT SUBSEQUENTLY destroyed (randomly by the clever use of 50% mirrors) (figs 3 & 4) then the photons exhibit wave-like interference patterns.
Therefore I think that the experiment clearly shows that it is ONLY WHEN information is made available to a CONSCIOUS OBSERVER that the light becomes a particle.Jul 30 2012: And that it is NOT the physical act of detection which causes the wave-function collapse.Jul 30 2012: Carl,
The experiment you reference gathers and deletes "information". Perhaps what the paper refers to as "information" is more than just something that we perceive. Perhaps this "information" has physical effects; can anyone definitively rule this out?. In science there is no agreed upon definition of "information" and no one can explain to me the basic nature and structure of information. So I can conclude that when this paper refers to "information" they do not completely understand "information" and what effects it might or might not have.
Stephen Hawking once proposed a scenario where black holes could destroy information, and apparently there is a law of science which says this is impossible. Apparently physicists have equations dealing with information. I have no idea if the word "information" as used in the experiment is the same kind of "information" that they have in their equations.
There is no logical or other explicit or implicit connection that permits the conclusion that physical effects caused by gathering or deleting information involves consciousness. Many physicists refer to these results as a mystery, because that is exactly what they are.Jul 31 2012: The physical detection IS the act that causes the wave-particle duality collapse.
The method was refined earlier this year, and photons could be detected without interfering with their wave-like properties. Refinement of tools, no consciousness involved.
Aug 2 2012: Hi Marius,
The article you refer to is interesting, but it doesn't seem to accurately reflect the experiment as conducted. I found the original document on which the article was based here:
Their experiment is actually two experiments (lets call them exp A and B). In experiment A the particle is tested and detected as a particle. In experiment B it is passed through the slits, interferes, and performs as a wave. Since it is two different particles they are looking at, they do not even attempt to address the issue of "observation of the results affecting the outcome of the experiment". They understand this and in conclusion in their paper they state:
" However, the EPR
discussion (3) or the delayed-choice experiment (22) have taught us that quantum objects do not have a reality independent of a measurement as summarized (29) by the phrase "one cannot consider quantum properties as being 'real,' in the sense of 'objective
John A. Wheeler (3), paraphrasing Bohr, expressed this fact most vividly by saying "No elementary quantum phenomenon is a phenomenon until it is a recorded phenomenon brought to a close by an irreversible act of amplification." In this sense our experiment can also be interpreted as another confirmation of the nonobjectifiability of quantum mechanics or, as stated by Torny Segerstedt, "Reality is theory." "
There is another recently conducted test using the same/similar materials in the detection process (http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9903047). The arrangement and protocol of this one is such that ONLY the same particle is tested. The results confirm & reinforce the currently held understanding that availability of the results of the experiment affect its outcome.Jul 19 2012: Louis de Broglie combined E=hf with E=mc2 to get Lambda=h/mv. Ted how do I type a lambda? This suggests that any object with mass and velocity has an asociated wavelength. Theoretically the double slit works for ball bearings but the wavelength would be as small as a quark, so kinda hard to notice.
Jul 30 2012: Use ampersand-lambda-semicolon: λ That's the HTML entity you're looking for.
Edit: clarification: you want to type in this: "λ" (obviously without the quotes)
Jul 31 2012: λ Does this work generally for Greek alphabet?
Jul 31 2012: I believe they're all covered, yeah. Here's a couple references for entities and symbols:
http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_symbols.aspJul 31 2012: Thanx! It does make these physics based discussions a bit more elegant if you can write the equations.:-)
Aug 1 2012: And TED is one of the few places on the internet where people might actually understand it when you do! :)Jul 19 2012: I can except that the behavior changes. What I'm having a hard time getting my mind around is how does the electron KNOW it's being observed. Because that's what we are talking about, right? Somehow it must sense it's being watched and change it's behavior accordingly. Why is the response to being watched always the same? I can't figure out how the observation by us could fundamentally change anything, so if we aren't doing anything than it must be, right? And if that's true, WHY does it respond in that way, if indeed it is responding the same way everytime. I'm totally amazed. Awestruck. I want to know more. I know so little about the subject I don't even know how to ask questions,
Jul 19 2012: This is a question I struggled with until recently. It's a confusion of terms or a forgetting of what happens when we observe. As I said in my comment above, it's because to observe something you have to bounce photons off of it and this then alters it's course.
I remember being totally perplexed by the idea of a self aware electron and then Hawking's book The Grand Design cleared that up for me.Jul 31 2012: http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/05/disentangling-the-wave-particle-duality-in-the-double-slit-experiment/
Here is an article about some of the most recent findings during an experiment in which one got to see which slit the particle went through, without interfering with the wave-like properties of the particle.
Jen Doty
Jul 29 2012: Or maybe I'm just the most arrogant person ever to enter a TED conversation five minutes after joining the website ROFL :P
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Jul 29 2012: Welcome to the clash off the laymans! All of us come in swinging and none of us come out right!Jul 28 2012: From what I have read on the topic the issue was not about if the photon or electron was observed or not. It was about how the experiment was set up would determine if it behaved as a wave or particle.
The fact is a photon alternates between being a wave and a particle so depending on how the experiment is designed it seems to be one or the other........."But an experiment performed in 1987[23] produced results that demonstrated that information could be obtained regarding which path a particle had taken, without destroying the interference altogether. This showed the effect of measurements that disturbed the particles in transit to a lesser degree and thereby influenced the interference pattern only to a comparable extent. And in 2012, researchers finally succeeded in correctly identifying the path each particle had taken without any adverse effects at all on the interference pattern generated by the particles."(WikipediA)
The only correction I would make to this is in the last word, 'particles". It should say the particles associated wave. Waves create interference patterns.
What is not understood is that the photon consists of two standing waves of force, one being the expansive electro force and the other being the contractive magnetic force. These waves of force cross each other at ninety degree angles. When they cross each other on the vertical axis, they merge and become an electromagnetic particle. The particle vanishes when the forces separate in their continuation as standing waves of force.
This leads me to state that physics because of its insistence that metaphysics are not to be considered, they had to make the force of gravity a by product of mass. The fact is gravity is a metaphysical force which creates mater by causing the most basic form of mater, the photon to stabilize as a particle. Such photon particles are the building blocks out of which all other particles are constructed.Jul 27 2012: Our perception effects our reality due to the fifth fundamental force found in the universe. The book Quantum Philosophy calls it Perceptible Consciousness.
Jul 31 2012: Interesting idea, but there is no evidence for Perceptible Consciousness, so calling it a fundamental anything is folly. It is an idea, explored by someone who didn't have all the facts, and against which there are actual evidence.
Jul 31 2012: How do you think the evidence could possibly look like ?
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Jul 31 2012: For instance, an experiment where the results would change, based on whether or not the experiment was observed, and nothing else.
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The double-slit experiment have seemed that way for many who doesn't understand what the detectors do, and how they interfere with particles by detecting them.
To scale, it has been kind of like hitting a marble (1) with another marble (2) in a dark room to find the position of marble (1).
Earlier this year, with a more advanced detecting technique, it became possible to observe which slit the foton went through without interfering with the wave-like property of the particle itself, putting to rest filosophical musings as to whether or not light particles change their behavior "if they know they're being watched".
It's the mechanics of the experiment that hasn't been advanced enough, yet. Not a form of consciousness.
I have no aversion to philosophical musings or even fringe experiments that examines our reality and whether or not there are things that we operate under the impression of, that in reality are false, but blanket statements that goes directly against evidence is hard for me to swallow.
When someone makes a statement about fundamental forces in the universe, it would be nice if they themselves could attempt to back it up with evidence, instead of me finding ways to do their experiments for them.Jul 31 2012: "an experiment where the results would change, based on whether or not the experiment was observed, and nothing else."
It's catch 22 . : ) If the experiment is not observed, we have no results of of the experiment .
Thanks for responding !Jul 27 2012: Don't like to be seen naked.Jul 19 2012: I hope a scientist comes forward to answer you, but isn't that experiment about light rather than about the electron? I think the electron is always a particle in the standard model of physics.Isn't it that light can behave dually like a particle or a wave? And I didn't think that this has anything to do with whether anyone is looking.
Jul 19 2012: Hi Fritzie, Actually I have seen this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfPeprQ7oGc.
In this video experiment is done with electrons. that is why raised this question.
Please see this video.
Jul 19 2012: I just checked with the physicist rifling through my refrigerator, and she said an electron can indeed behave like a wave. But we will need to wait for a scientist on the site to offer further explanation for you.
Jul 19 2012: From my reading of Stephen Hawking's latest book he states that they've actually replicated the double slit with molecules and are hoping to try it on viruses however you do that.
Gail .
Jul 20 2012: It works with quantum particles, but it also works with the C64 molecule (carbon 64). There are some now experimenting with viruses. I'm not a fan of S. Hawking though an admirer of his abilitiy to hold long, complex mathetmatical theorems in his mind - not being able to use pen & paper before computers. He makes too many mistakes that he later corrects & I too often don't agree with his thought process.
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Over a lifetime of reading comics, Senior Writer Chris Sims has developed an inexhaustible arsenal of facts and opinions. That's why, each and every week, we turn to you to put his comics culture knowledge to the test as he responds to your reader questions!
Q: Why is it that despite the fact that every other character was portrayed as completely useless on Super Friends, people still hold onto the idea of SuperFriends Aquaman as being regular Aquaman? -- @ericafails
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Donald E. Whitmore, 83, of Grandview Estates in Kane, passed away Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, at UPMC Hamot in Erie.
Born Feb. 3, 1929, in Randolph, Vt., he was a son of Oscar and Flava Gordon Whitmore. On Jan. 13, 1951, in Bethel, Vt., he married Barbara Upton who survives.
Mr. Whitmore served in the U.S. Army.
He had been employed as a mill supervisor at Otter Creek but due to a serious accident at work had to retire in 1981.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, Barbara Whitmore, is a daughter, Diane (Kirk) Curthoys of Holland, N.Y; a son, Larry Whitmore of Bradford; three grandchildren, Jamie, Jeff and Justin Spencer; and a great-granddaughter, Charlotte Spencer.
He was preceded in death, besides his parents, by a son, Dale Whitmore.
Friends may attend a memorial service at the Cummings Funeral Home, Inc. at 1 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. W. Craig Smith, pastor of the United Methodist Churches in Mt. Jewett/ Hazel Hurst presiding.
Memorial donations may be made to the Kane Community Hospital, Rte. 6, Kane, PA 16735.
Online condolences can be expressed at www.cummingsfh.com [1].
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Buccaneer Baseball falls to South Florida in 7-6 thriller
Friday, February 13, 2004TAMPA, Fla. (Feb. 13, 2004) - East Tennessee State had runners on second and third with two outs in the ninth, but could not get the tying run across as South Florida defeated the Bucs 7-6 in the season opener from Red McEwen Field in Tampa, Fla. South Florida (1-0) opened the scoring in the bottom of the first, as they got a run off of Buccaneer sophomore starter Steven Calicutt (Spartanburg, S.C.). Right fielder Bryan Hierlmeier walked with one out and was driven home on a single by third baseman Jeff Baisley. USF ran their lead to 3-0 with two runs in the bottom of the second. First baseman Brian Baisley grounded out to shortstop to score left fielder Travis Brown, who led off the bottom of the second with a walk. Designated hitter Kris Howell doubled off of the right field wall, then came home when second baseman Mike Macaluso reached on an error. East Tennessee State (0-1) threatened in the top of the fourth, as sophomore first baseman Blake Church (Roswell, Ga.) laced a single with one out, followed by a walk by sophomore second baseman Josiah Glafenhein (Knoxville, Tenn.). With two down, sophomore third baseman Greg Roberts (Douglas, Ga.) walked to load the bases. With a full count, USF starter Kyle Schmidt got ETSU junior catcher Caleb Moore (Knoxville, Tenn.) to pop out to second to end the inning. The Bulls doubled their lead with four runs in the bottom of the fourth. Howell led off the inning with a single to right field and scored on a triple off the right field wall by Brian Baisley. Baisley then came home on a single by Macaluso before a two-run homer by shortstop Myron Leslie. The Buccaneer offense awakened with four runs in the top of the sixth to cut the USF lead to 7-4. With two outs, freshman designated hitter Stephen Douglas (Kennesaw, Ga.) doubled to left field. Roberts was then hit by a pitch followed by a walk by Moore to load the bases. The Bulls then made a pitching change, but senior center fielder Tim Turner (Marietta, Ga.) took Matt Ingram's first pitch deep over the right field wall for a grand slam home run. ETSU cut another run off the South Florida lead in the top of the eighth. Josiah Glafenhein led off the frame with a single to center field, moved to second on an error and to third on a balk. He would then score on a ground out by Douglas. Buccaneer sophomore left fielder Matt Traylor (Knoxville, Tenn.) started a ninth-inning rally with a single with one out. Sophomore right fielder Shane Byrne (Johnson City, Tenn.) then followed with a single to advance Traylor to second. Junior pinch-hitter Ryan Spriggs (Crossville, Tenn.) then came up and lined a single to left to score Traylor and cut the USF lead to just one, 7-6. But that was as close as the Bucs would get as South Florida reliever Joey Livingston retired the next two Buccaneer batters to earn the save. "I was proud of the way our players fought to get back into tonight's game," said ETSU head coach Tony Skole following the game. "We made a few costly mistakes early, and that ultimately ended up costing us the game. We had a great opportunity to get a win tonight, but could not come up with that big hit. It is disappointing, but we will be back here tomorrow." Schmidt (1-0) earned the win after pitching four innings and allowing just two Buccaneer hits and striking out six. Calicutt (0-1) was charged with the loss, allowing six earned runs on eight hits in 3.1 innings pitched. Traylor led the Bucs with two hits in four at-bats while Turner had four RBIs for ETSU. Spriggs and Douglas also had RBIs tonight for the Bucs. Travis Brown, Brian Baisley as well as Macaluso and Leslie had two hits each for USF. Leslie and Brian Baisley led the Bulls with two RBI while Howell scored two runs on the evening. The Bucs and Bulls will return to action tomorrow at 1 p.m. for the second game of their three-game weekend series from Red McEwen Field in Tampa, Fla.


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The house dressing, feta and garlic, is to die for!
Alas, closed, but it was a great place for good food at good prices. There's a Greek fast food restaurant in the space now.
I find this place gross and a disgrace to italian cuisine. I really hate to bash a local independent restaurant, but frozen, boxed apps, and an absolute flavorless sauce is a sure fire way to not endear yourself to an italian foodie.
The reason why the Joe's special is so popular? That is the only dish containing garlic and the cheese masks the horribly HUNTS tomato sauce.
Step ya game up! Nothing like my "Mama's" cooking.
Best Chicken Parmesan and Italian Wedding Soup in Tucson. ;-)
Try it for Hot or Cold Sandwiches, Hot Italian entrees, even salads - this food rocks!
Careful, if you order the Chicken Parm sandwich... You'll start craving this place and be back again & again!
My favorite secret menu item - A Tuna Sandwich on a TOASTED roll. Trust me...
The first time I went was lunch on the patio it was awesome,2nd time took freinds for dinner on patio,we had horrible service and managment gave us a $20 gift cert.Tried it again because I have always loved Scordatos family,There seemed to be plenty of help but service was really bad and slow ost dishes didn't come with ingredients as explained on menu.There were at least 3 managers on the floor but not really doin their job.Sorry to say we were so disappointed we won't be goin back.Manager should read his reveiws.I would rather have my dinner alittle late instead of cooks just throwing things together to get it out.Surprising and sad for Scordato's reputation.Bummed out!
Bad Italian
Ragu is better! All the people adding four and five star must be related to the Asian family that owns this place cause it was musty and smelly inside, the food was cold in the center and the staff was clueless.
Don't waste your time coming here it is NOT worth it!
I'll second that on Roma's. South on Campbell to the girls softball fields, turn R and then first left and first right. Look for the flag (Italian)
Prosciutto is the Italian word for ham. Some people don't know that and it is translated on the menu. We have a wonderful pork ossobuco with porcini mushroom and white wine sauce. We don't advertise it as veal ossobuco. People love this dish and the person that criticized it never even tried it. I have the feeling I know who that person is. I wasn't aware that Walmart was carrying wines because I never shop there. We are as authentic as it can be. If you want to practice your Italian, please come over. I was born in Italy and lived there half of my life. I hate former employees who don't have a job and don't have better things to do but write fake reviews
I think the food at Caruso's is great! I have never been disappointed. The house salad dressing they have is so delicious I am always asking for more bread to dip in it. I am very happy that there is a place in Tucson that has history, great food and good service!
Yuck, Digusting! Homemade? Uh.... try costco bought. Rude owners and rude servers! don't waste your money just go somewhere else.
A bit on the pricey side with above average food. The service was outstanding and a nice clean atmosphere. The Veal dish that I had was Good (but a tiny bit salty) and the Sauce on the Spaggetti tasted like it was from a can.
This place is a nice date place with a nice romantic setting.
We stopped in thinking it was an Italian deli only and were pleasantly surprised by their dinner menu. They serve handmade vegetarian ravioli-several types, including a slightly sweet squash filled pasta that contrasted nicely with the buttery, garlicky sauce. My husband had the baked ziti with plenty of handmade sausage.
The cannoli made a fine ending to the meal. We noticed the variety of cookies in the pastry case but it was the unfilled cannoli shells that caught our eye. Chocolate dipped or plain? We asked our server for both and he cheerfully brought us cannoli that were perfect- they aren't filled until the customer orders them, keeping the shell from becoming soggy.
Bread baked fresh on the premises, overhearing some funny banter between staff, great food left us wondering, why hadn't we stopped in before?
We're grateful for decent restaurants on the eastside.
I have been dining at Caffe Torino for years and have always enjoyed the food. My favorite has to be the grilled scallops with butter sauce, always cooked to perfection! Another favorite is the scollio. Allow time to relax and enjoy!
Pizza here is fantastic. Thin crust Chicago style. I love the turkey sausage he makes, and the shrimp and artichoke specialty pizza is delicious!!
They really dont know how to cook veal. One dish that promised prosciutto used slices of processed deli ham. An osso bucco dish used pork shank instead of veal. Their wine selection is poor- no thought whatsoever to their wine list. Just a random sampling of ordinary Italian and California selections one would find at Wal-mart. Service is very spotty and unprofessional. Prices not competitive with other more authentic Italian bistros in the area. Avoid at all costs.
and i almost forgot they are 5 stars for everything the do
the thing that really upsets me is when there is a very hard working family trying there best to please everybody.here comes along somebody to put them down , see they don`t mention that when they use buy one get one free dinners club they order water to drink and keep the bread coming and when they do the wine tasteing the first thing they ask is (IS IT FREE)and then there not even happy and complain so they can get something else for free,some people really don`t now a good thing when the got it. so i say the review that vitellos got in the paper was what this family deserves for all there hard work they have done.so i say to vitellos thumbs up,great job.
To date, we have been here three times. Some menu items are very, very good whereas others are just OK. In any case, the waiters always neglect to tell us about the nightly featured dinner specials - we have to ask! Moreover, I find it unprofessional to be asked if we want change back when we go to pay for our meals. You just shouldn't do that to your customers. I'll decide your tip, which is usually ample, after you bring back my change, thank you.
We waited in a line on valentines day, our reservations were for 7:30 we were seated around 8:15. We then sat for an additional 15 min. until bread and water arrived. The bread was a good sourdough but nothing special, after another 15min our drink order was taken.
Ahhh, an hour after our designated reservation I at last had wine quenching my lips. The calamari was overcooked and not in it's traditional "squid like" shape (rings or tentacles) but rather an odd eel shaped thing with rather tender meat that was quite pleasing had it not been treated as an unwanted french fry in a fast food restaurant. The mushroom caps were nothing special, just the flavor of undercooked mushrooms in garlic and onion, that begged for a hint of crab or scallops to make it unique. The veal was not tender and there may be some truth to the above post of pork masquerading as tender young beef. The flavors of the dish did not seem to infuse with each other, as though the wine sauce, lemons, capers, artichokes, and meat had only briefly met one another under a heat lamp on my plate moments before arriving at my table. The eggplant Parmigiana suffered the same fate as the calamari in the deep fryer. Although I had ordered Linguine I found the spaghetti sauce very tasty. The vegetables one would have to imagine were supposed to be al-dente but seemed to be fresh out of the garden al-duro (quite raw). When asked if we had room for desert we decided to gamble on the contents of the refrigerator at home. Maybe we hit them on an off night during a busy time, but the next $100 we spend on a meal won't be at Verona's.


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January 26
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Sags, Bags, and Wrinkles in Roman Portraiture
When one visualizes the Roman Republic, the first image that usually comes to mind is that of a male aristocrat whose portrait bears the signs of advanced age: incised lines on or around the forehead, eyes, and mouth, and short, closely cropped hair that is often receding. On occasion there is no hair at all, and the irregularly shaped heads frequently feature large ears, thick lips, and sharply aquiline noses. Why did the Romans choose such an unusual type, and how long did it remain in vogue? In this lecture, Dr. C. Brian Rose, Curator-in-Charge, Mediterranean Section, answers these and other questions about Roman portraits, and presents new archaeological evidence from the northern Galilee that bears on the date of the type's creation. This lecture is free with Museum admission.
Due to low enrollment the workshop portion after the lecture has been cancelled.
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Nanhe Jaisalmer - A Dream Come True
Drama, Family
Ten-year-old Nanhe lives in Jaisalmer with his mother, sister and his camel. He earns his livelihood as a tourist guide who arranges camel safaris. Nanhe's sole entertainment is his friendship with actor, Bobby Deol. As a baby, Nanhe had appeared briefly in a shot with Bobby for a film and since then they have been friends. As he grows up, Bobby influences his thoughts and actions. His joy knows no bounds when he hears that Bobby is coming to Jaisalmer for a film shoot. They meet. And, life for Nanhe changes. Bobby's words of wisdom help Nanhe not only overcome various obstacles in life but also to stand up for himself.
Cast: Katrina Kaif, Prateeksha Lonkar, Bobby Deol, Dwij Yadav, Vatsal Sheth
Produced by: Jaswant Khera, Bashir Sayyad
Directed by: Samir Karnik
Written by: Aseem Arora, Eklavya Singh Bhati
Running time: 1hr 53min
Opens: Sep 14, 2007 Limited
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