Can Electrons Really Pop Into Existence When We Observe Them?

[azneternity]

I heard that electrons pop into existence at the mear action of us putting our attention onto them. And when we look away, they are gone.

Sounds strange.. can anyone please further explain.

 

[MojaveJoe]

If you "look" away, how do you know they are gone?

Sometimes an electron can "behave" like a wave and sometimes it can "behave" like a particle but it is always an electron. Observation, depending on how you do it can interfere with the experiment...but its not going to make the nature of what you are observing change.

I'm just knocking about the boards and, by far, not an expert...but I'm fairly confident that I'm right in this reply.

Cheers!