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@mfb: Well with the current experimental evidence we have both interpretations predict the same results. But if we could do more testing we might be able to find discrepancies ;) @Deepblu: I thought that too, about the experiment giving favour to Bohmian Mechanics, however how can it explain...

So just to make sure I understood these replies in plain English: * mfb: Your saying that if a particle decays you may be able to track the original particle's position by examining the end position and momentum of the decay products. However that the decay products won't be in "magical quantum...

What would happen if you send a particle towards a double slit, it goes through interacting with itself quantumly, however before it reaches the screen it decays emitting radiation (Alpha, beta and/or Gamma)? Would you still see the same pattern on the screen? Would it affect the wave function...

I think I might give physics a miss...

So from what I understand of Quantum Entanglement: 1. Two particles are produced which are linked somehow so as to have the opposite spins 2. By measuring one particle, the entanglement is broken - however that you then also know the state of the other particle. This is said to be...

bjacoby: Then in fact, everything we know about in science, is just a model that fits the data? So atoms might not exist, the theory of electromagnetism might be completely wrong etc etc etc? Ah this is what I wanted to know. Does quantum theory explain this? I'll have a read of the names...

Alright, so magnetism, this weird force that just seems to occur at the end of a lump of magnetic metal. I understand that: - The movement of electrons "facilitates the occurrence" of a force called magnetism - Magnetic materials have unpaired electrons in their shells which all have the same...

I think it's clicked. Forget the labels near field and far field, I'm getting them mixed I think. Inductive Coupling depends on the magnetic field shifting electrons in the secondary coil. I guess that receiving radio waves is a completely separate thing? What is the name for the effect in...

Hello, I'm confused about the whole electromagnet thing. So far I've got these concepts: - Passing a current through a wire results in a magnetic field 90 degress to the direction of flow - If the current is AC, the magnetic field is continuously alternating - This magnetic field is...

Well I must admit, when it comes to magnets I haven't a clue. I know that Mars has no magnetosphere and it's why it has such a thin atmosphere. The Earth's magnetosphere, if I understand right, is not very strong, but the Earth is a rather large magnet, so it's affect on solar wind extends far...

Well I tried. I dunno, all these numbers and examples with lines don't make sense to me. I think I aught to go back to youtube, so I can watch, pause, process, watch and etc... What a complicated theory - but I'm sure there is a better way to put it than the way it is stated it now!

Ah thank you both of you. It's getting a bit clearer. Oh and usually when I say space, I mean space-time (although I don't know whether it's considered acceptable to shorten it as such). I understand now that the object indeed does not accelerate in geodesic space-time, because the coordinate...

Thank you for your replies, but I think I'm a bit more confused... In question 2 I was really asking how time dilation and spatial contraction work, in simple terms you'd use for a school child. From what I get, time and distance must change, relative to someone else not travelling, in order to...

I have a few questions: 1. From what I understand, light always travels at C, no matter what medium it is in. If it encounters matter, it can be absorbed and retransmitted, giving the illusion that it has traveled slower, but in actual fact, when it has traveled it has propagated at C. Is this...