The discussion revolves around the double slit experiment and its implications for wave-particle duality in quantum mechanics. Participants explore the nature of measurement in this context, examining how different interpretations of the experiment can lead to varying conclusions about the behavior of light and electrons.
Participants do not reach a consensus on the interpretation of the double slit experiment, with multiple competing views regarding the nature of wave-particle duality and the implications of measurement methods.
Participants highlight the complexity of interpreting results from the double slit experiment, noting the dependence on definitions of wave and particle behavior, as well as the limitations of measurement techniques in capturing both properties simultaneously.
Just for my knowledge, not to confuse the OP, why would you say, for example, the double slit experiment does not show both of these properties in one measurement method?rootone said:There is no measurement method in which they display both wavelike and point like behavior simultaneously.
The usual double slit experiment very clearly demonstrates wavelike behaviour with light.Isaac0427 said:Just for my knowledge, not to confuse the OP, why would you say, for example, the double slit experiment does not show both of these properties in one measurement method?
When the experiment is run with electrons, though, you get wavelike behavior from a large number of single-electron measurements over time, but particlelike locality with each single-electron measurement.rootone said:The usual double slit experiment very clearly demonstrates wavelike behaviour with light.
You get wave-like behavior in the probability of an electron landing at any particular location. That's not the same thing as saying that the electrons themselves are behaving like waves.Isaac0427 said:When the experiment is run with electrons, though, you get wavelike behavior from a large number of single-electron measurements over time
But we are just chasing the same old cart down the road if we think we need to justify ourselves to make these things fit every person who wants to know what's 'really' going on. "It's quantum mechanics" is the only answer.Nugatory said:You get wave-like behavior in the probability of an electron landing at any particular location. That's not the same thing as saying that the electrons themselves are behaving like waves.
Bohemian mechanics works just fine to explain the double-slit experiment, and it clearly distinguishes between the wave and the electrons; the wave steers the electrons to produce the observed many-electron patterns.