(Refering to the two-slit experiment) How is it possible that a single photon can pass through both slits and interfere with itself? If it is because it is a wave of possibilities, how does it not ultimately choose one of those possibilites? How can a single thing be in more than one place at one time, an idea that seemingly contradicts logic itself?
Also, when an attempt is made to observe how this happens, the single photon does not behave in this manner, going through only one slit at a time. How is the photon's behavior changed by the mere act of observation? Does this experiment imply that light is somehow intelligent?
2007-02-18
20:42:36
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