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Brian Greene explains the double-slit experiment on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

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Saganism1 year ago

The double-slit experiment is a classic physics experiment that shows how particles like electrons or photons can behave like both particles and waves - and how observation itself affects the outcome. Here's how it works: 1. You shoot tiny particles at a wall with two slits. 2. Behind the wall is a screen that shows where the particles land. 3. If you don’t watch the slits, the particles create an interference pattern - as if each particle went through both slits like a wave. 4. But if you place a detector to see which slit each particle goes through, the interference disappears—they act like normal particles, not waves. It reveals that: Quantum objects don’t behave like anything in everyday life. Reality can change just because it’s being observed. The universe at a fundamental level is governed by probabilities, not certainties.

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So.Gay1 year ago

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Gradatim ferociter1 year ago

Horrible explanation

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QuickWitNitWit 🔍1 year ago

He missed out the most important factor, when they are unobserved. Most likely intentionally omitted, to obfuscate the real mystery surrounding the Double Split Experiment.

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Salt farmer1 year ago

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James1 year ago

And there is more to it. When you dont actually watch the electrons go through, the bars are “transformed” into waves. When you put a camera to watch them, they become solid and you see dots instead. And that’s even more freaky

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Högen1 year ago

They don’t even get to the observer part. It’s fucking nuts

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Its in the fan1 year ago

Why is he trying to explain quantum physics to a guy who thinks mRNA shots are vaccines. 🤣🤣🤣 post changing the definition to include them. 🤣

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Peds1 year ago

Best description I have found for appreciating this😉

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TreFlipJones1 year ago

Sounds like someone trying to explain bitcoin as the simple greatest innovation ever made

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