the first attempt at figuring out the speed of light was conducted by Galileo. Galileo and an assistant each took a shrouded lamp and stood within sight of each other on two widely-separated hilltops.
Galileo opened his lantern, and when the assistant saw its light, he opened his, too.
Galileo...
hey guys,
this may sound dumb, but if it takes an observer to collapse a wave form and create reality, and if the human eye works at about 25 frames per second, does that mean that we only create everything around us every 0.04 seconds?
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i think i understand what you mean. haha sort of like a dr. seuss "horton hears a who" kind of thing in which we are the little speck of dust? i guess there is no way to know. i guess it's possible, but the "many worlds interpretation" is really the only theory i know which states that we are...
hmmm, interesting question.
Well, there is one theory which implies that the universe is one of many. it's called the "Many Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics". Basically what it says is that everything that happens in our lives is simply one possibility of a whole wave form that is...
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yeah sorry, maybe i should have been a bit more clear there. what i meant was basically whether or not the electrons and photons could interfere with themselves, thus changing their probabilities to pass through one slit or the other.
this may sound stupid as well, but what would be the difference between a double-slit experiment involving electrons as opposed to photons? would the wave form be any different? do electrons and photons have different tendencies as to where they would appear during a quantum leap?