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The discussion revolves around the potential improvements to the Young's Double Split Experiment, exploring concepts related to the Uncertainty Principle, the nature of electrons and photons, and the implications of wave-particle duality. It encompasses theoretical considerations and speculative ideas regarding measurement and observation in quantum mechanics.

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  • One participant suggests that the Uncertainty Principle implies that improvements to the Young's Double Split Experiment are fundamentally limited.
  • Another participant questions the definitions of electrons and photons, raising the issue of whether duality is an inherent property of these particles or a characteristic of the observer.
  • There is a claim that the Schrödinger Equation leads to specific conclusions about the behavior of electrons and photons, including their inability to coexist in the same space.
  • A participant proposes that the path of an electron is only defined upon observation, suggesting a link between measurement and the existence of particle paths.
  • Speculative ideas are introduced regarding the decision-making of electrons and photons, likening it to a game of chance involving "six dimensional dice."

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Participants express differing views on the implications of the Uncertainty Principle and the nature of particles, indicating that multiple competing perspectives remain unresolved.

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The discussion includes assumptions about the nature of particles and measurement that are not explicitly defined, and it relies on interpretations of quantum mechanics that may vary among participants.

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“Can the Young's Double Split Experiment, be improved?”

"The Uncertainty Principle says that such a better experiment does not exist."

Einstein tried in vain, to devise a better measurement.

"Many good men have tried"

The problem is with the first statement, it implies that experiment itself is incomplete, and by doing so defend it's own uncertainty principle.

The Uncertainty Principle is just one of several deduced from the Schrödinger Equation.

From the Schrödinger equation, the wavefunction of the electron can be shown to be

L = h / (2 * m ( E - V ))^1/2

L is the wavelength and ( E – V ) is the kinetic energy of the particle.

Important to note

The wavelength increases as the kinetic energy decreases, and is infinite when the particle is at rest.

Or more importantly, at the moment an electron is at rest, its position is known but cannot be read, accept to say that with a probability of 1 it is within the infinitesimal volume element, defined by the experiment.

This equation also implies that an electron and a photon cannot, exist together.

Either an electron or photon, but not both!

Two electrons cannot occupy the space therefore neither can two photons.

As this theory predicted and has been experimentally verified and confirmed repeatedly by the YDSE, when an electron is allowed to come to rest, without external interference, all possible wavelengths must be superimposed.

A theory can stand up to many tests, but will eventual fail if proven wrong by one.

Change the probability of 1, of the electron being at rest mass by as much as the uncertainty principle value, and its kinetic energy (E-V) will always be greater than zero. - simply wait for the experiment to finish completely and analysis the results, objectively and truthly.

The path of the electron only comes into existence if we attempt to observe it.
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Which immediately raises the question, "what is an electron?", "what is a photon?"

They say a picture paints a thousand words (small picture attachment).

Is duality a property of the electron or photon, or that of the observer.
 
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Chaos may prevail but it is left to the electron or photon to decide, using a six dimensional dice.
 

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