The Double Slit Experiment: The weirdness of quantam physics

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Yup..Welcome to QM...This is just one of the many weirdness it has to offer :)
 
Memyslef said:
particles act differently when being observed. WTF :confused:

check out the video...weird...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEzRdZGYNvA&feature=fvst

That's a great video until there: it fails to point out that in order to observe an electron, one has to interfere with it.
 

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