double slit experiment " observer " whats the big deal?

Question

in this experiment it shows how an atom can show both characteristics of both a wave and a particle, why is it a big deal when they place a detector next to one of the slits and it calapses the wave function to a particle, i know how its weird when it does that but they are saying stuff like its the conscience mind controling the function of the atom, dont they know that when you try to detect or observe something it causes interferance with the wave, can somebody please explain why they are thinking its the conscience mind and not the detector that is causing it to turn into a particle

iggy thats what im trying to ask your just stating what some scientist are saying about how the observer causes certain things to happen or not to happen, but they are basing there ideas on this double slit experiment and comparing it to reality when in fact thats not it at all, its the detecor causing the wave to turn into a particle and not the observers " conscience mind energy "

tom; the sensor was made to detect both a wave and a particle and the only way for you to detect something is to cause an interference to the wave or particle otherwise how would you know its even there

Answer 1

Current detectors used do not use this principle anyway. Quantum uncertainty was thought to be a cause of the observer, but it turns out its not. The way this experiment is conducted nowadays is by measuring entangled particles. I'm not going to explain entanglement here, but it boils down to we can make an observation and not affect the other entangled particle, and the big deal is that the uncertainty is still there. Its inherent in the particles whether we look or not. If this doesn't make sense i suggest studying more about the subject. This is one of the fundamental example of how weird the quantum world is...i'm not really sure where you get the conscience mind thing, i havent seen that mentioned anywhere in the science journals and such i read...

Answer 2

I would infer that this is a property of the sensor. The sensor is by design created to interact with its surrounding in a certain way [interaction with its atoms and/or with its atomically-quantized fields] and resolve any detected interaction into a certain dataset.. In this case, the data looks like a particle since that is the bias of the sensor.
If there were a true wave sensor made, it would sense all emergent particles [material fragments] as complex waves related to the slit dimensions and properties combined with the intrinsic 'particle' properties (in an infintely-sized wave formulization).
It seems a variation on the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle in more than two dimensions - that the nature and condition of the observer determines the nature and properties of the observed phenomena.

Answer 3

Time to show my ignorance!

The problem (as I recall) is that when ONE collapses to a particle, so does the other. Instantly.
Which gets us into imaginary experiments where a light beam is split, then sent in opposite directions for a light-year. A person interfering with one beam could concievably transmit (Morse code) data at faster than the speed of light. A BIG DEAL!

Oh, and be careful looking for this online! Thomas Young invented the experiment, but if you look for "young" and "slit" with the wrong browser, you can get a whole lot of inappropriate returns!

Answer 4

it particularly is a good question, with in reality no satisfying answer. it continues to be an extremely debated component of quantum mechanics. the main sensible clarification I even have heard is this--with a view to "observe" some thing, you ought to work together with it. in many circumstances by ability of bouncing a photon or electron off of it. And so some believe that it is this actual interplay of debris that reasons the wave function to interrupt down and the particle to tackle a single state, extremely than any actual act of "remark". yet it is by ability of no ability gospel, and there are various different interpretations of how and why this "observer effect", and the wave function cave in, take place. it is the gist of what i comprehend approximately it, yet i'm beneficial there are various greater qualified and knowledgeable people who can supply greater perception.

Answer 5

there r 6 main interpratations to the experiment.
the neo-copanhagen interpretation says the quantum particle makes its "choice" when it inflences s/t bigger. this sounds weird but makes sense. in the quantum world there's no arrow to time, so maybe once it hits s/t big enough, it imparts time-iness on it.

it might be conciousness, but that would mean most of the universe is in a weird perpetual state until s/o looks at it, deciding billions of yrs of history.