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    The double slit experiment radically changed the way we understand reality. Find out what the ramifications of this experiment were and how we can use it to better comprehend our universe.
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  • @youwantmyname9208
    @youwantmyname9208 2 ปีที่แล้ว +790

    "If you understand quantum physics, you don't understand quantum physics."
    -Some smart man

  • @fallinginthed33p
    @fallinginthed33p 3 ปีที่แล้ว +999

    My brain is in a superposition of understanding and being completely baffled by this.

    • @Psalm-yg6yi
      @Psalm-yg6yi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullsh@t- W.C. Fields
      That's why

    • @vicentejrsayson6814
      @vicentejrsayson6814 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Psalm-yg6yi HAHAHA

    • @grzegorzg3929
      @grzegorzg3929 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      My teory :) : That explain that whole universe is alive. You cannot predict where is particle until you check, the wave is information. You can predict where is some person if you know that person, like work, home or whatever forest at some time of day. But sometimes they are sick or stuck in traffic so there are not there. You know when you check or you have just information :D

    • @spencerhayward4803
      @spencerhayward4803 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Think of the light paths as conductors of electricity but in waves

    • @PaulMarostica
      @PaulMarostica 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Quantum superpositions don't exist. I have 8 videos on TH-cam. 2 of them contradict the assumptions of quantum mechanics, including quantum superpositions. Search keywords: matter theory marostica.

  • @mathius8360
    @mathius8360 2 ปีที่แล้ว +691

    The Double Slit has always been once of the most fascinating experiments to me. I guess they figured this video had enough mind-blowing information since they didn't mention that when sensors are placed at the slits to try and identify which slit the particle chooses, the pattern on the screen disappears and is replaced with just two columns.

    • @branjosnow6244
      @branjosnow6244 2 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      The observer effect.

    • @jamuraisack5503
      @jamuraisack5503 2 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      I was disappointed to ser that they didn't include this part. It's what really makes it special, for me.

    • @redinabloogs8477
      @redinabloogs8477 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Yep ur right..it was the worse description of it I've ever heard

    • @bt-jz7ki
      @bt-jz7ki 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @Christopher Michael the emoticon hearts in this are fckn killing me lmao

    • @LouDeeCruz
      @LouDeeCruz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That’s another lie from the QT theorists. Because you then use two seperate detectors detecting light from each slit. And qt madmen forget to tell viewers that the light from each slit doesn’t give an interference pattern simply because it didn’t have a chance to interfere with any light from the other slit. !! But these quantum lies get unchallenged because viewers think the qt theorists are reliable. They arent. They lie all the time.

  • @yhp99
    @yhp99 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    When i first found out about this experiment and its implications it felt like i was dreaming. Its literally as if a pseudoscience from a scifi movie becomes real life. Very cool and amazing

    • @sarahbannister7824
      @sarahbannister7824 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Life is a dream and the matrix almost .. that’s why it’s very important to choose who u communicate with properly x

    • @macehilmatecilof4140
      @macehilmatecilof4140 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      like real magic

    • @stacis.5854
      @stacis.5854 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s so cool I’m so amazed by this and a bit scared

    • @Milohenry13
      @Milohenry13 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      all science is low-key pseudo.

    • @bluesky45299
      @bluesky45299 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Quran says: “Allah:there is not God except he”:The Neccessary life/consciousness,sustainer of life/consciousness.”
      Wire like neuronal structures that conduct electricity via ions/neurotransmitters in the CNS/PNS possess no attribute of thinking/life and yet that has “randomly” led to life. Consciousness/thinking is an innate idea(“Fitra”)that is distinct from carbon skeleton and yet the materialist scientist believes that chemistry turned into biology via “god of randomness”/”Emergent property”/”law of nature”. Consciousness can only stem from Necessary Consciousness (Allah-one/indivisible/loving/self-sufficient perfection

  • @JerseyMiller
    @JerseyMiller 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3666

    One of the best explanations of the double slit experiment I've seen. I almost understood it.

    • @milllosh
      @milllosh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      It's not as hard as it seems, words and expressions used are what causes the confusion, i/e collapse of wave function, observation = measurement, probability etc. Knowing what those actually mean provides a greater chance of understanding the experiment.

    • @milllosh
      @milllosh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@ronaldoquintos1675 Why are you insisting on YOUR definitions, in this case understanding? You either get it or don't. Besides, QM doesn't say much about being in more than one place at the same time, it's a rather poor attempt to explain a simple distribution. I/e photons behave in wave pattern and the equations give us probabilities where they will appear in the wave pattern, since we can't measure the path of an individual photon due to quantum interference of the act of measuring itself.
      On the other hand, if you'd think of an electron, imagine a stone of known weight tied to a piece of rope and you spin it. For the same amount of invested energy, if you shorten the rope, the stone will spin faster in terms of revolutions, and vise versa. If you'd observe that stone, as you gradually shorten the rope, it'll go faster and faster eventually looking like a ring of blur around you. Go down to the atomic level, and you can now imagine what an electron would do spinning around the core (having no mass) at the speed of light on an extremely tight radius "rope". It'll look like a bubble of fog.
      Now, if you'd imagine a car passing at normal traffic speed, and you shoot at it, the bullet would pierce the car's door and create a hole, and you can measure and pinpoint that hole's position. If you'd do the same but the car was passing at i/e 10k mph, as the tip of the bullet hits the door it creates a hole, but the car is moving so fast that it moves faster than the bullet can penetrate the thin steel, so as the bullet goes deeper it tears the hole to the shape of an ellipse. Faster the car goes, longer the ellipse would be, eventually becoming a line all across the car, at certain speeds. Now, if you'd a well timed shot towards the road where the car is going at the speed of light (in theory, since cars can't go at the speed of light), you'd hit the car no matter where you shoot cause it goes so fast that it APPEARS to be elongated to infinity, which is nothing more but that line effect I described formerly, basically, that line of tear becomes "infinitely" long from the shooter's perspective.
      No math used.
      "It is impossible to understand quantum mechanics." - Well, I refuse this statement to be imposed on me or anyone else due to your own or someone else's lack of understanding and/or imagination.

    • @milllosh
      @milllosh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@ronaldoquintos1675 Ehhh... This'll bee a LONG one. I wasn't trying to be hostile, wasn't really even angry (not at you at least), my words may have seemed like that, and after reading what I wrote, you have a point about that, however that wasn't my intention so I apologize. My intention was to point out that people have different levels and ways of understanding, and just cause some don't understand some things doesn't mean that no one can't even some famous scientists claim so. I DO understand quantum mechanics and physics (up to a point but deep enough), and you probably do too (it's not really THAT hard), it's just that there are terms that are confusing (as formerly stated) so substitute them with your own. I never saw anything as small as a photon or electron or even atom size, however, I am aware of the fact that just cause you can't see something that doesn't mean it doesn't exist, there are other methods. I/e we can't see gravity but you feel it's effect, you can measure it, determine it's properties etc. That was the point. The attitude "if I can't see it with my own eyes or recorded on camera..." won't get you anywhere.
      Now, if you are aware of properties of the speed of light, works of Maxwell, Bohr, Einstein etc, you start to get the time-space, and the fact that from the perspective of a photon everything happens instantly, then repeat the 2 slit experiments in two ways: by firing a single photon and by firing a concentrated short stream of photons, you get to see the ERRORS which are NOT data errors but errors of failure to explain the events using proper terms. There's no "universe decided", there's no "uncertainty', those are just failures to define things properly, we simply have no way of measuring the exact position of a photon on it's path from the source to the real wall in the double slit experiment cause it happens INSTANTLY, cause photons move at the speed of light, it's as simple as that. Also, if we'd try to measure which slit was the one photon passed through, we create quantum interference with our measuring devices, thus we can't determine the result. If you use logic and say, ok, it's a wave, obviously it'll pass through both slits and had self-interference, however, that wave carries energy in the form of light, which will be released only "on impact", we can then cover one slit and see that sometimes the light will appear on the cover, sometimes it'll pass through the other slit and hit the wall behind, meaning, there's no "observation" involved, which is another confusing term that suggests that if we'd LOOK, we'd get one result and if we'd turn our head around, we'd get a different result (wave or particle), which is WRONG. Measuring devices are what's meant by observation. There's no collapse of the wave function, (I will speak in pain words even it's NOT a correct way to explain) wave exists, but the energy carried is released in a single spot, you can imagine it as a surfer on a wave. The duality of photons, electrons and other particles is the property that seems confusing, however, if you'd read about packages of energy (there's a great video on how the Sun releases it's energy) you begin to realize that things are actually far simpler than presented.
      Scientists aren't really good at explaining things outside math, which is the biggest problem one may have, given that one has some basic math knowledge and understanding of the concept of imaginary numbers (mainly sqrt(i)=-1). Multidimensional objects aren't that hard to understand either, once you get past 5th dimension, the number of dimensions doesn't matter anymore (just pay attention on objects that have radius i/e circle, ball etc), it's the same principle just repeated more times, however, going back from 248th dimension to 8th and gauge symmetry is REALLY intense, so I would suggest a pack of headache pills, God knows I needed them (had a headache for 3 days after understanding light speed and time, roughly a week after gauge symmetry studies).
      I hope we are now clear on my intentions, it's not my goal to pick a fight but to show that ppl need to clear the definitions first, what is EXACTLY meant by them, and eliminate what's NOT first, then concentrate on what IS. IMO any 3 digit IQ person shouldn't have huge problems with basics of QF and QM, only with words used to explain them.

    • @milllosh
      @milllosh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ronaldoquintos1675 I mentioned in the long comment: repeat the experiment yourself. You actually can, if you care, there are kits sold for $200-$400, and you may even ask to be present in a college class when such experiments are performed and not spend money.

    • @milllosh
      @milllosh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@ronaldoquintos1675 I wasn't debating you, I was trying to tell you that QM and QF aren't exclusive to scientists when it comes to a higher level of understanding, and that if you want, you can learn more without some big scare. There are companies that build quantum computers and enthusiasts who follow that development, so, they certainly understand a lot. Don't let anyone tell you what you can or can't understand or learn about. Try and see for yourself, that's all I'm saying (with some pointers), and that's not QM and QF exclusive, applies to everything. TY for your time and patience.

  • @Luumiie
    @Luumiie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +282

    How did I get from Kitchen Nightmares and Gordon Ramsay making burgers to reality being shattered by quantum mechanics

    • @woodsstocks9178
      @woodsstocks9178 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Its called Youtoueroium Quanturium Theory

    • @denniskean183
      @denniskean183 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Reality is not shattered by this, Cirsie. It is a simple mistake from the start. It comes from the wrong categorization of quarks and other particles, which, if properly categorized, should have solved this problem in the 1980s. The problem is that we do not have Maxwells and Newtons today.

    • @erikt3162
      @erikt3162 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s called culture.

    • @gianni3611
      @gianni3611 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Literally where I came from

    • @DoktrDub
      @DoktrDub 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Because rumour has it that Ramsay can manipulate the space time continuum

  • @lydiakhai9977
    @lydiakhai9977 2 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    Kind of makes me think of those moments when you feel like you've transcended that moment, feel like you've caught a brief glimpse of infinite possibilities, before you make a decision which solidifies your trajectory to the next moment. Or maybe I should just call it a night and go to sleep 😂

    • @AdelaeR
      @AdelaeR 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No, that's called psychosis ;)

    • @darrylkassle361
      @darrylkassle361 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Man where are you getting your LSD I will shout youvavtwb if you intro me to your supplier

    • @apove1814
      @apove1814 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I said same thing when the noble prize was announced this past week! It proves those moments you feel something and you learn you connected w someone far from you , at a bc later time.
      That sense of “uncanny”. 😊

    • @ShishakliAus
      @ShishakliAus ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You just explained the plot of dune

    • @roundedges2
      @roundedges2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm with you, man--but first a trip to the fridge for a snack!

  • @jonmcintosh8653
    @jonmcintosh8653 2 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    I've felt like we've been in a different reality for six or so years now. The world just seems incredibly mental.

    • @Mikss-qu9lh
      @Mikss-qu9lh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      quantum immortality

    • @bakerxlove7893
      @bakerxlove7893 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I know it sounds crazy, but I've had that feeling ever since the world was supposed to end in 2012. Lol maybe I am just crazy though. 🤷‍♀️

    • @jonmcintosh8653
      @jonmcintosh8653 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@bakerxlove7893 you're not the only person I've seen say that! Maybe we did shift reality at that time, who knows. All I know is with the rise of all these crazy social justic groups, all the political turmoil going on, covid etc. Something isn't right and hasn't been for a long time now.

    • @kingkoi6542
      @kingkoi6542 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Cern is linked to the Mandela Effect

    • @markdost1476
      @markdost1476 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@jonmcintosh8653 it’s called flow of history; I bet the people around during 1945 were thinking the same thing

  • @xsjado_anon
    @xsjado_anon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +387

    I'm a programmer, and this 100% sounds like an optimisation in the simulation, reducing processor load and removing the unneeded calculation unless it's needed for the observation of those within said simulation.
    This experiment is the first one that actually gives me pause to believe the theory that we live in a simulation

    • @impact0r
      @impact0r 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Check out Pilot Wave theory. No need to resort to magic (Copenhagen Interpretation), if rational explanations exist.

    • @jorgepeterbarton
      @jorgepeterbarton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Until you find out quantum coherence is hard to maintain. Again, the correction: it doesn't have to be an actual 'conscious' observer...
      I don't know a lot about programming, but for example the rendering of parts of a game only when within that area, is not it is it?
      Is also that a whole wave function is calculated if there is only one particle? Is that not MORE calculation? These particles have the inverse: you observe them and there is less complex information going on after the wave collapse... then they lose the wave function calculation and act classical therabouts.
      So instead of the game character wandering around as we expect in a program.... instead the whole game is rendered but the character removes the area they are in into a blank void...except there are difficult situations to arise at that point

    • @jorgepeterbarton
      @jorgepeterbarton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@impact0r maybe. It seems it went out of favour, but it would seem the simplest.
      Copenhagen isn't that magical...just random? (that is the one that does NOT use magic to explain the randomness.)
      Many worlds and simulations are.

    • @impact0r
      @impact0r 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      ​@@jorgepeterbarton Random = no causality = magic.
      Copenhagen Interpretation is build upon a logical fallacy called Argumentum ad Ignorantiam: "We do not know the cause for the phenomenon, therefore we know there is no cause for the phenomenon (ie. it is truly random).
      It does not make sense to me how prominent physicists can be OK with a "theory" which is indistinguishable from a basic logical fallacy.

    • @richardrogers7782
      @richardrogers7782 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's exactly what I was thinking....less processing power.

  • @Peusterokos1
    @Peusterokos1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3669

    The types of people watching this (amazing by the way!) channel:
    The adamant student
    The anxious philosopher
    The disgruntled scribe
    The confused Joe
    The Sims sims (those who truly believe believed ideals to be believable even though they don't know why)
    The intrigued intellectuals
    The PhD sentinels
    The 2: 00 a.m lurker
    and finally
    stoners

    • @ClearTheRubble7
      @ClearTheRubble7 7 ปีที่แล้ว +165

      Right on, man! This bearded quantum dude just laid a heavy scene on me. Now I'm gonna head to the store and get me some nachos!

    • @ouroboriccycle538
      @ouroboriccycle538 7 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Peusterokos1 lmao- I'm watching this at 2:08 am-

    • @kadymalloyvoice
      @kadymalloyvoice 7 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Peusterokos1 stoner

    • @cjleon
      @cjleon 7 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Stoner

    • @Mightyno35472
      @Mightyno35472 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Peusterokos1 HEY! It's actually 2:15.

  • @brutalityness
    @brutalityness 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Omg I love this series. It helps me build on my work SO exponentially. Thank you 🙏

  • @willbrink
    @willbrink ปีที่แล้ว +20

    What messed me up here was finding out a bucky ball did that. I'd thought it was only known to happen at the quantum level, so I'm even more confused now!

    • @dstovell
      @dstovell 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If you're interested, you should check out Matter waves and the de Broglie wavelength. Really cools stuff!
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matter_wave

    • @AYVYN
      @AYVYN 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You can do it with people. Just have enough of a pressure difference on the other side of the slits hehe

  • @user-ss6ep9rv9l
    @user-ss6ep9rv9l 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3720

    this will be patched in the next update

    • @madcoda
      @madcoda 7 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      You mean next big bang cycle

    • @sparta117corza
      @sparta117corza 7 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      frosty bites patched... how why would they patch a working system. noob 1v1 me.

    • @digitalanon5437
      @digitalanon5437 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      lol

    • @MagnumDB
      @MagnumDB 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      AMAZING COMMENT! Hahaha!

    • @THETRIVIALTHINGS
      @THETRIVIALTHINGS 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      This would so be applicable in the simulation theory lol

  • @jillianleda6732
    @jillianleda6732 3 ปีที่แล้ว +395

    I swear this reality is the strangest I've ever experienced

    • @MandyJean13
      @MandyJean13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I’ve had better myself

    • @luxaley
      @luxaley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Which reality was your favorite?

    • @EricLatios
      @EricLatios 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      _Reality can be anything you want_

    • @fallinginthed33p
      @fallinginthed33p 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It would be nice if 2020 never happened.

    • @influentia1patterns
      @influentia1patterns 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@luxaley I liked 1999 before the Y2K update to the simulation. This Covid update has been really weird.

  • @EeeEee-bm5gx
    @EeeEee-bm5gx 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I'll always remember how my rotund general chemistry professor illustrated particle-wave duality by bobbing up and down and walking to and fro for an auditorium of hundred and fifty students

  • @edog6770
    @edog6770 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    As someone that has studied up through Quantum Mechanics 2 (undergraduate), I would love to see some more technical/in-depth info on topics.
    All in all, great PBS show for peeps that haven't studied physics and not watered down to the point that it would alienate those of us who have studied the material. Keep up the good work!

    • @gatekeeper84
      @gatekeeper84 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Try the huygens optics channel m.th-cam.com/users/huygensoptics

    • @superlambmilkshake4904
      @superlambmilkshake4904 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey man, what’s your thoughts on the double slit experiment and whether Quantum Field Theory offers a more accurate explanation than the Copenhagen Interpretation?

    • @ahpstudiostamil
      @ahpstudiostamil 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Dear brothers and sisters,
      I have solved the problem of particle to behave like particle and wave, when observed and unobserved respectively in double slit experiment.
      "Particle physics based on real dimensions of space-time" [Volume 09; issue 10; 2022] - arcjournals - International journal of advanced research in physical science - Open access for free download.
      To think, how the electrons entering the slit knows whether an observation is made on it or the detector is switched ON/OFF and change its results (pattern on the screen) accordingly, is the confusion. This even led the scientist to wonder if quantum mechanics is a future deciding factor of human life. The answer is simple, the experimentation has to include the observer such that observer is equal to observing object together undergoing one of two results at a time. One may think, it is like surrendering oneself and cease to think anymore. No, it is not so.
      I have published a series of papers (totally 9 nos.) on "Theory of Singularity". Hope this new proposed study serves one fundamental for general relativity and quantum mechanics by solving incompatibility between them.
      [Volume 10; issue 03,04; 2023] - arcjournals....thank you

    • @spacecatmowgli4723
      @spacecatmowgli4723 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It doesn't know, it's just because any time of measuring involves physically altering the environment of the particle. It doesn't know inherently, it's just because you change the conditions.
      The statement "particles behave like particles when observed and as a wave when not observed" might lead to a common misconception. The behavior of particles in quantum mechanics is more accurately described by the concept of wave-particle duality, which means particles can exhibit both wave-like and particle-like properties under different conditions.
      The term "observation" can be misleading because it implies a human-centric perspective, but in quantum mechanics, it's better to think of interactions with the environment or measurement processes. Even in the absence of a conscious observer, the interaction with the environment causes the transition from a wave-like superposition to a definite state, often referred to as the collapse of the wave function.
      So, the behavior of particles is not solely dependent on conscious observation but on the nature of the experimental setup and the interactions involved.

  • @markgohl2660
    @markgohl2660 7 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    Its a fascinating experiment. So fascinating that I decided to have a go at doing it myself a few years ago. I managed to get hold of a photomultiplier tube from a surplus store. Build the required special power supply and a water cooled pelter based cooler to take the tube down to -25C which reduces the dark current to the point where single photon detection becomes possible. Using a slice of CD as the diffraction surface with a synchronous motor to rotate it and and led in a box with a pinhole as the light source.
    It actually worked by passing the anode current directly though a pair of headphones, it sounded like the patter of rain. Turning the led current down you could hear the individual click of photons been detected. The way the volume went up and down clearly showed the diffraction patten.

    • @CockatooDude
      @CockatooDude 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      That is insanely cool that you were able to do that, and where was this surplus store that had a photomultiplier laying around?

    • @markgohl2660
      @markgohl2660 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +CookatooDude It was a place called Bull electronics many many years ago. I got the last one. But If you look at eBay they have quite a few listed at the moment.

    • @CockatooDude
      @CockatooDude 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mark Gohl Yeah ebay has some really cool stuff, I found some pretty neat electron microscopes a little bit ago.

    • @markgohl2660
      @markgohl2660 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      +CockatooDude Not a common item. Last ones I saw where on pallets and wrapped in plastic. Looked quite a job to put it together. Kind of interesting but outside of my price bracket. If you are interested in the photomultiplier I suggest you get the data sheets via Google. There are many types differing in the spectral response and sensitivity. It will mention photon counting on the data sheet if a particular tube has that ability.
      A smaller cathode and low dark count are highly desirable. One tip NEVER power one up anywhere that is brighter than a darkroom. It will be instantly destroyed. If they have been in the light they need several hours in the dark before the tube will settle down.

    • @CockatooDude
      @CockatooDude 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mark Gohl Well I much appreciate the information and will try to remember as much as possible. But I am afraid my interests lie in different places, which I find fascinating, but which may appear more mundane to others. The most complicated thing I need for my current project is a turbocharger bearing from a truck motor, and a hobby jet engine ignition system, because I don't feel like making my own. Sorry if this makes it seem like I wasn't interested, because I was, but an experiment like this isn't something I feel that I could repeat reliably. But I digress, sorry for the ramble.

  • @mishie618
    @mishie618 4 ปีที่แล้ว +350

    It's amazing that there are videos like this, that explain quantum physics in a way that people like me, who aren't scholarly or fully educated in physics, that we can begin to understand how this incredible aspect of reality, well, our perceptions of reality, work on such scales. I love learning about this. Thank you, PBS for always being part of my learning life, since i was a very small child. Now that's amazing. ❤😘🌹

  • @matheusfernandesgoncalves2311
    @matheusfernandesgoncalves2311 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is the best explanation of the wave-particle duality I've ever seen, which really simplifies the concept of the wave function and its collapse. Outstanding job.

  • @melissapyle7879
    @melissapyle7879 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    U forgot the best part..!! When they observed which slit the partical went thru, the pattern changed back to that of particals. Only being changed by the ACT of being observed..🤯

    • @dukedagod117
      @dukedagod117 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The one element the ancient ancestors been saying all along is the component of consciousness

  • @JoeNietzsche
    @JoeNietzsche 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    The fun part of these sorts of videos is, once you've watched them, you can come up with all sorts of silly hypothesises.

    • @PaulMarostica
      @PaulMarostica 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      For a completely different, simple, logical understanding of the results of particle 2 slit experiments, view my video: "Particle 2 Slit Experiments Explained By Paul Marostica". Search keywords: matter theory marostica.

    • @jymfysher7704
      @jymfysher7704 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I thought maybe this would be a physics based explanation of I think is best known as THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT. Ya that's the one where scientist were testing some form of CLOAKING experiment with Naval ships and crew.There is sure many strange stories by observers and surviving crew members that sound like a altering of reality to me and I'm sure myth and fact will be a challenge to sift through to collect facts but something happened and this guy sounds like he may be able to give us a theory we can understand !?

    • @treygleason657
      @treygleason657 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I had the thought of adding a strong magnetic field to this experiment by passing not only the slits but also having strong magnetic forces in one direction or another maybe oscillating in strength and frequency. Hmmm...🤔

    • @JeffAPierson
      @JeffAPierson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      such as it already existed at a particular spot before it arrived

    • @jymfysher7704
      @jymfysher7704 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Christopher Michael Your "Snapshot" theory seems to make alot a sense to me.Isnt everything in motion like a river ?

  • @GerryMATW
    @GerryMATW 4 ปีที่แล้ว +372

    This stuff fascinates me but what astounds me even more is the engineering aspect of these experiments, an aspect which I never see anybody explaining. For example, how the heck do you build a machine which will fire a single photon? How do you test that it's working?

    • @jumpingeezus5080
      @jumpingeezus5080 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      GerryMATW
      Don't look behind the curtain!
      Seriously though, good question. I also ponder these things ;)

    • @GerryMATW
      @GerryMATW 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's weird, isn't it? lol

    • @deathstarresident
      @deathstarresident 4 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      We only give enough energy to cause single photon excitement by using Max Plank’s equation e=hv where v (nue) is frequency of the EM wave. For photons we usually use ruby lasers

    • @DasAntiNaziBroetchen
      @DasAntiNaziBroetchen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Absolutely agree.

    • @jamieg2427
      @jamieg2427 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I'm a math and physics student interested in those types of questions too! What are the details of these experiments and how can they be explained in an understandable way. I'll probably start a TH-cam channel on the subject. I'll try to remember to let you know. It'll likely be a few years.

  • @victoriabrewer5960
    @victoriabrewer5960 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fascinating and informative. The speaker is pleasant to listen to, the music and graphics all together make a video that keeps me watching..

  • @nategoodness
    @nategoodness 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I had to pause at 4:48…..that almost broke my understanding of the standing of things. I need 5 minutes before I let yo continue

  • @kleenexwarrior6061
    @kleenexwarrior6061 4 ปีที่แล้ว +604

    Not gonna lie my brain has just been deep fried and then seasoned with mindfuckery

    • @jbeansprout
      @jbeansprout 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      This statement is true.

    • @kiilwiil3780
      @kiilwiil3780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Fr this shit so deep i dont see why everyone isnt interested in this stuff

    • @stephaniemartin7923
      @stephaniemartin7923 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same.

    • @kleenexwarrior6061
      @kleenexwarrior6061 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      William Wilson cause for most people this gives them a headache

    • @kato1kalin
      @kato1kalin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@kiilwiil3780 watch the quantum eraser double slit experiment video. It's ever freakier than this video. That particles can retroactively collapse the wave function. I'm sure I'm butchering it but that's the message that stuck with me.

  • @alexsere3061
    @alexsere3061 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1399

    your music and visual artists are awsome but I believe they get too little feedback for their amazing work, and every unseen contributor to the quality of your videos

    • @recklessroges
      @recklessroges 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I noticed the music in this episode and hoped that there would be a soundcloud link in the description. It still amazes me how much is added by well crafted music.

    • @recklessroges
      @recklessroges 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I noticed the music in this episode and hoped that there would be a soundcloud link in the description. It still amazes me how much is added by well crafted music.

    • @n8iveidiot13
      @n8iveidiot13 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I noticed the music in this episode and hoped that there would be a soundcloud link in the description. It still amazes me how much is added by well crafted music.

    • @n8iveidiot13
      @n8iveidiot13 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I noticed the music in this episode and hoped that there would be a soundcloud link in the description. It still amazes me how much is added by well crafted music.

    • @lightbringer6650
      @lightbringer6650 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      the music threw me off. I thought a mobile was ringing or my alarm went off...

  • @NightxLightx
    @NightxLightx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My mind is too small for this topic, yet I can't stop watching, and killing it with beer.

  • @someaccount3438
    @someaccount3438 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    So here's what's actually happening: we're living in a simulation and whoever coded it didn't use exact formulas, but instead used approximations. They never expected anything to evolve so much in their simulation that they actually look into their sloppy work and try to make sense of it.

    • @hash8169
      @hash8169 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      like.... algorithms?

    • @Iwitrag
      @Iwitrag 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The exact properties are determined when observed. This is basically saving simulation resources.

    • @davidnemewe9192
      @davidnemewe9192 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      no bro if you not have eye u wont believe how seeing is gonna be. We just not correcting the truthness yet

  • @slik4100
    @slik4100 7 ปีที่แล้ว +525

    thank you for the science eyebrow man

    • @hosebeefstick
      @hosebeefstick 7 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      slik4100 So disrespectful; he prefers eyes browman.

    • @ardiawanbagusharisa7040
      @ardiawanbagusharisa7040 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      rowan atkinson jr.?

    • @temgomi
      @temgomi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The presenter's verbal content, tone and pace are good (pace at time a tad bit fast). The presenter's visual content (presentation) on the other hand are interesting in their own right. The Soviet era style "Breshnev Brows" lose it for me......

    • @uservemewell
      @uservemewell 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I only get my science from eyebrow men.

    • @lenguamuerto
      @lenguamuerto 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Eyebrows like that don't play, don't mess around and make him raise an eyebrow

  • @davonteaustin8181
    @davonteaustin8181 4 ปีที่แล้ว +279

    Brain: alright let’s get some sleep it’s late
    TH-cam recommendations: Wyd

    • @chillboy8116
      @chillboy8116 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@stijnsherlock do you know time and space

    • @ryp1562
      @ryp1562 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stijn Serruys On a space video but think the world has one time zone lol.

    • @tiny_toilet
      @tiny_toilet 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's so funny. I've never seen this exact same comment verbatim on dozens of other videos. How clever. How fresh.

    • @doxdiggla8792
      @doxdiggla8792 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exactly 😂😂😂

    • @MandyJean13
      @MandyJean13 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fr tho

  • @greg5326
    @greg5326 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I like your "hey this is crazy" strategy. I wouldn't mind more on the actual experiments as it felt they were lightly covered. This particular double-slit variation was done about a century ago, but more recently an experiment called the "quantum eraser" was done (about 2010) where the information about which slit a photon passed through was then erased and a copy was made using a beam splitter and the same result was found. Photons can best be described as information, not matter. That is how it behaves. When an intelligence observes it, that is when it is defined, until then, it is undefined, like a new word in a dictionary without a definition.

    • @darrylkassle361
      @darrylkassle361 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very good explanation. That's right it is information. Gee I feel like a self aware AI entity more and more as each day passes.

    • @avinashreji60
      @avinashreji60 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Don't say an "intelligence" observes it, it's when the system is interacted with

    • @greg5326
      @greg5326 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@avinashreji60 I know it is hard to accept, but there is no "system" interacting with anything. There is a consciousness or intelligent being observing it. Look it up.

    • @avinashreji60
      @avinashreji60 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@greg5326 Not true dude

    • @greg5326
      @greg5326 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@avinashreji60 Welp. You believe what you want to believe. It is, after all, the concept that stumped Einstein.

  • @binkz5987
    @binkz5987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ur awesome at explaining complex subjects...easy to understand & listen to...keep up da good work

  • @Litepaw
    @Litepaw 7 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    This video absolutely blew my mind. I started to study more into quantum physics, sound frequencies and resonance, cymatics and geometry. I'm just absolutely blown away..
    We're on a hell of a ride -- together. There's unfortunately a lot of misinformation out there.

    • @arnabbiswasalsodeep
      @arnabbiswasalsodeep 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      When you say a lot of misinformation is out there I laugh thinking about people who support flat earth theory and believe global warming isn't real

    • @BadKnightLv01
      @BadKnightLv01 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I remember when I first jumped into the world of quantum mechanics about four years ago, have fun.
      Unfortunately I don't have the advanced mathematical background to really understand things at a deeper level.

    • @Litepaw
      @Litepaw 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Arnab Biswas Exactly

    • @Litepaw
      @Litepaw 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      +BadKnightLv01 I got accepted to study chemistry :) I'm starting my studies next month. And to think last year i was burnt out and unemployed, heading nowhere and taking prescription meds. It's simply amazing what a little confidence can do in your life.

    • @arnabbiswasalsodeep
      @arnabbiswasalsodeep 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      BadKnightLv01 Same here man, 4-5 years ago

  • @TheJuan2000164
    @TheJuan2000164 5 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    I was in special ed throughout school I’m dyslexic and I always struggled to read and write but I’ve been extremely good at math my whole life the way this man explains things of science I completely understand and I’m so thankful for his PBS show. I watch every show I can. and I have blossomed A love for science!!

    • @Urza26
      @Urza26 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @CALM KITTY Think of math as a language. I greatly improved at it by doing this. It's ultimately just a way of communicating and writing down your thoughts.

    • @cameronwilliams5430
      @cameronwilliams5430 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bruh.. If you want to actualy get somewhere read the Bible and be fascinated in that..
      This is all bullshit mate. None of this actualy matters and nothing will ever come from it
      There's been people studdying this shit for thousands of years and all of which has gotten nowhere astrology could be the next best thing maybe at least it's real

    • @ridgerunner106
      @ridgerunner106 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      My dad is that way. I'm 50. I think he stopped school in seventh grade. is successful, but can do any type math you give him.

    • @enzonazzaro2156
      @enzonazzaro2156 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@cameronwilliams5430 wow you have no idea how revolutionary the dual slit experiment was it allowed us to understand wave partital duality of quantum particles. This allows us to manage the flow of electrons through transistors and allows for the pin point accuracy of gps. in total scientific discoveries lead to vast advances in our technology while the Bible can't even get the age of the earth right.

    • @tiny_toilet
      @tiny_toilet 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      !og ot yaW

  • @Safa7409
    @Safa7409 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Brilliantly explained, my Dad taught me this years ago,MOD incredibly clever man, mind blowing stuff.

  • @k.r.f.j.b.8144
    @k.r.f.j.b.8144 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That photon that was fired is only in that exact position when you are looking at it, it’s position changes when you are not looking. Effectively and essential proving the existence of infinite realities existing simultaneously. God, I love quantum anomalies....

    • @swamprat9389
      @swamprat9389 ปีที่แล้ว

      Your mom is a quantum anomaly

    • @dmt7674
      @dmt7674 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I wish I could understand how this worked

    • @nanotechnano7193
      @nanotechnano7193 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No , there is only on reality , its so beautyfull that i had found the explaination for that , prepairing for publishing

    • @nick9198
      @nick9198 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Doesn't prove anything of the sort lol

  • @krzyszwojciech
    @krzyszwojciech 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Pilot-wave theory for the win! ;)

    • @ogtoop3645
      @ogtoop3645 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Pilot-wave doesn't get enough love, and it has a pretty tight explanation of double slit!

    • @maulcs
      @maulcs 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly, pilot waves yo

    • @Sam_on_YouTube
      @Sam_on_YouTube 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm a little rough on it, but doesn't pilot wave theory fall to Kochen-Specker? It stands uo to Bell's theorem, but didn't Bell prove later that to make it work relativistically you'd have to alter it to give up the deterministic nature that made it so attractive?
      I'm hoping he gets into those topics later. There are far too few places online to find a reasonable explanation of the stuff beyond Bell's Theorem.

    • @cosmicatrophy4648
      @cosmicatrophy4648 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Pilot wave is like printing off more money to fix the debt. It creates more problems than it fixes

    • @morningmadera
      @morningmadera 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cosmic Atrophy
      and why is that?

  • @jojojorisjhjosef
    @jojojorisjhjosef 7 ปีที่แล้ว +221

    This is the best channel ever btw

    • @Fematika
      @Fematika 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know. +

    • @KijanaMBrajon
      @KijanaMBrajon 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      yeah but don't tell them. im afraid they'll sell out.

    • @Taricus
      @Taricus 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yeah, they're really the only science channel that isn't very pop science. You can tell this is their actual field of study. Even when they just do something for fun, they still make it have substance to it. My biggest problem is that my recommended videos get full of either pop science that isn't very good or also LOL! I'll get a bunch of conspiracy theory videos and things about lizard people from space LOL! But when I see PBS spacetime and it's a new video that I haven't seen, I always like to click on them. They're always really well done.

    • @MrTripcore
      @MrTripcore 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You can't say such a thing unless you've watched every single channel on youtube

    • @fmaz1952
      @fmaz1952 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Tripcore *probably* the only channel where your comment is interpreted as a funny joke and not a provocative troll, haha!

  • @aletheia161
    @aletheia161 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wonderful explanation. I have read somewhere that an alternative explanation would be to consider the particle fuzzy with an possible rather than probable existence, that is, its existence is actually spread over space time. When the single photon passes through the slit part of the fuzzy photon goes though earlier than the rest of it, thus the fuzzy photon interferes with its past space time structure.
    Bob

    • @ahpstudiostamil
      @ahpstudiostamil 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Dear brothers and sisters,
      I have solved the problem of particle to behave like particle and wave, when observed and unobserved respectively in double slit experiment.
      "Particle physics based on real dimensions of space-time" [Volume 09; issue 10; 2022] - arcjournals - International journal of advanced research in physical science - Open access for free download.
      To think, how the electrons entering the slit knows whether an observation is made on it or the detector is switched ON/OFF and change its results (pattern on the screen) accordingly, is the confusion. This even led the scientist to wonder if quantum mechanics is a future deciding factor of human life. The answer is simple, the experimentation has to include the observer such that observer is equal to observing object together undergoing one of two results at a time. One may think, it is like surrendering oneself and cease to think anymore. No, it is not so.
      I have published a series of papers (totally 9 nos.) on "Theory of Singularity". Hope this new proposed study serves one fundamental for general relativity and quantum mechanics by solving incompatibility between them.
      [Volume 10; issue 03,04; 2023] - arcjournals....thank you

  • @HansBaier
    @HansBaier 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The particle does not gain reality on hitting the screen. That's just where it interacts with the world we can perceive/measure.

  • @ebeegeebeefofeebee3181
    @ebeegeebeefofeebee3181 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    I finally got it ! I was so excited I went to the grocery store and told the store owner. He was absolutely astounded. But I still had to pay for my groceries. Go figure.

  • @soccerstrikerful
    @soccerstrikerful 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Why didn’t you add the part about the electron behavior changing back to particle when scientists tried to observe and measure the waves?

    • @theautodan7095
      @theautodan7095 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Exactly..! That part is a big deal...

    • @germanher7528
      @germanher7528 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@theautodan7095 it only shows how some electrons are really shy

    • @ethereal369
      @ethereal369 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes! That's the most fascinating part of the experiment, that observation effects the outcome.

    • @TunezFree
      @TunezFree 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Prolly lsd

    • @bighomiemike5675
      @bighomiemike5675 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Garnet L. i hate when people say this. it’s not the act of us SEEING the particles that changes the experiment. any measurement we take has an effect on the experiment itself. the reason the electrons changed back to particles was because the detectors interfered with the electrons, not because electrons “magically know when they’re being watched” or that typical bullshit most people peddle without knowing anything about quantum mechanics.

  • @mrmyth5846
    @mrmyth5846 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I had the energy on the back side of the wall manipulating the particles to form as they did in vertical columns. Basically emulating the vertical slots. The energy waves, anti-matter, unseen and undetectable yet still there, react to the wall and the two slots create the pattern of columns on the back side due the energy waves vacating the otherwise filled space.

  • @potita24
    @potita24 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Maybe the reason we cant walk through walls, or be in two places at the same time even though we are made of electrons and protons is that when particles bind together to form atoms and molecules they lose those properties as if the nuclear forces that bind them also keeps them in one place. Sounds like real magic!

    • @OlgasBritishFells
      @OlgasBritishFells ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If we could move fast enough to turn into waves, we would be able to walk through walls and be in different places at the same time.

    • @PerfectSense77
      @PerfectSense77 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He says in the video that atoms and even larger atom based structures also can show the interference pattern.

  • @Snairster
    @Snairster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +220

    Me:
    TH-cam at 3 A.M: Wanna watch Tyrion Lannister talk about space.

    • @TheSuperCoolMan122
      @TheSuperCoolMan122 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      it's not even about space u donkey

    • @Snairster
      @Snairster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@TheSuperCoolMan122 It was a joke.

    • @NockaMama
      @NockaMama 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣😂

    • @achildofgods8821
      @achildofgods8821 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Everything comes through the power and wisdom of Christ Jesus.

    • @canalettov
      @canalettov 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmaao you killed me right there

  • @stevenpilling3773
    @stevenpilling3773 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Wave/particle interference holds a fundamental secret into the workings of the universe. When it is finally solved, it will not only cause a revolution in physics, but likely in our lives and outlook.

  • @donaldtrumpuncensored6728
    @donaldtrumpuncensored6728 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are flippin interesting... and that Jupiter information at the end was the cream on top of the cake... thanks!

    • @deveryhenderson8335
      @deveryhenderson8335 ปีที่แล้ว

      you should listen to Dr. Robert Lanza...this just takes from his work lol. He pioneered pluripotent stem cell research and applied it to medicine. Saved countless lives. He now immersed himself in physics and his theory of biocentrism is academically fulfilling.

  • @AirBorn33
    @AirBorn33 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Can these waves be used in any way to produce energy? In it's movement, what's their speed and can you track their positions to an extent?

  • @TyMooz15
    @TyMooz15 5 ปีที่แล้ว +652

    This guy looks like a normal sized Tyrion Lannister from game of thrones

    • @tonwu5055
      @tonwu5055 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      TyMooz LMFAOOOOOO

    • @quelorepario
      @quelorepario 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Plot twist, he is also a dwarf

    • @existentialmama3838
      @existentialmama3838 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      HAHAHA WHY😂😂😂

    • @thegenerousdegenerate9395
      @thegenerousdegenerate9395 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ever notice they never include anything for scale reference? Coincidence? I think not!

    • @donnahazen9242
      @donnahazen9242 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lmfao....brilliant my friend

  • @christophersharp1884
    @christophersharp1884 5 ปีที่แล้ว +412

    my sense of reality was radically changed by just one slit. I could have only imagined two at the same time.

    • @dominicanfrankster
      @dominicanfrankster 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Clap ... clap. Underrated comment.

    • @ZimZam131
      @ZimZam131 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Best comment of all time, haha

    • @biggawinnacrapsa3870
      @biggawinnacrapsa3870 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Two sets of identical twins in my neighborhood, growing up; all four gorgeous - all four curious - all four satisfied. Own the video TODAY!! $49.95

    • @joshuasole3316
      @joshuasole3316 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      very good. very good.

    • @dogfiffer8467
      @dogfiffer8467 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      The reality is that we are all made from a spectrum of frequencies. You cannot see all spectrum of frequencies but you can see the spectrum of light and year the spectrum of sound frequencies. We have thoughts because thoughts is a form of frequency which gives you the ability to imagine. The location of your imagination has limitless speed and far beyond the speed of light. When you close your eyes, your thoughts are linked to the entire spectrum of frequencies which allows you to visualize in your brain which are all linked to all existence instantaneously. Anything you can think of exist in the universe, another dimensions & nature. The universe & nature is a huge place far bigger than our thoughts. Therefore, if you can imagine of something, it exists.
      Yes, we are interconnected with the entire universe and beyond because everything breakdown to frequency itself. The resonance increases to form a higher level of frequency and it keeps on doing that indefinitely. The only force that brought everything together is "gravity". If a person is born blind, deaf and paralyzed, then the only thing the person can utilized to communicate is through thoughts. Which is a spectrum of frequency that our brain could recognize/detect and that we are still trying to understand it. That person will have no clue what existence is but in that person's mind, he/she could still imagine. It's a pure form of imagination because the person's mind was never bombarded with the outside world.

  • @terrysouth7201
    @terrysouth7201 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    for the double slit experiment, the fluorescent screen is essentially a 1D measuring device, and that's why we only see the 'point' of the particle as it passes into/through the screen. What if you made that 'screen' a 3D box or trap...maybe like a cloud chamber, but something more permanent - that could literally show/record the path of the wave/particle as it passes through it? then you should see the full wave like behavior of the photon or whatever as it passes through.

    • @roundedges2
      @roundedges2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You're thinking like I am

  • @Whereisshellymiscavige
    @Whereisshellymiscavige ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I wonder if the wave pattern is time dependent? Does the pattern only emerge if single photons are fired off in quick succession? Similarly, if you allow a big time gap or varying gaps between photons, do they still form a wave pattern?

    • @spacecatmowgli4723
      @spacecatmowgli4723 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, it does affect them if you shoot them intermittently or with extended time gaps. But over time, as they accumulate, you'll end up seeing the wave like characteristics but the pattern appears much less clear than if they were all shot in quick succession. It's a good question, and the answer showcases even more how extremely sensitive the double slit experiment is to experimental conditions.

  • @janjankovicjahoda
    @janjankovicjahoda 5 ปีที่แล้ว +691

    Let's say we live in simulation. The particles would be simulated only when observed. When not observed they appear as waves to save CPU power :-)

    • @janjankovicjahoda
      @janjankovicjahoda 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @Kargadan Yes I see. But if the universe is infinite you need infinite cpu power but every coder will implement a failsafe. And the best failsafe would be infinite -1 (low resolution texture ergo wave function of particle)

    • @AR-fw5bn
      @AR-fw5bn 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Kargadan omg

    • @cmdr.shepard
      @cmdr.shepard 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Or maybe if the universe was simulated they could make such a universe that when a civilization becomes advanced enough to observe things smaller than a certain scale our tools would not work. It would take significantly less processing power to do so. Why would they allow us to observe subatomic particles, for example? We already had accepted at one point that atom was the smallest block of matter everything is made out of. It would take exponentially more power to simulate a quantum mechanical universe compared to one where atom is the smallest block of matter. So maybe this is not a simulation?

    • @thelivingglitch2288
      @thelivingglitch2288 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      These matrix jokes are starting to run rampant. Any simulation needs a reality putting it together, the way our supposed reality works it can't sustain a simulation of the very same thing. We can make something of an illusion using hollow 3d objects and draw distance. You can only do so much with 1's and 0's tied to metal conduction. Funny enough an IDE can generate logic that is more versatile than real life logic, much like the human mind. Maybe in a reality outside of our own which is holding ours as a simulation it is all possible through logic that works beyond gates and linear connections.

    • @energytrail315
      @energytrail315 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      we actually using a PS39 but we used the "forget" option, when u switch to easy mode the "forget" option is disabled and then you come out out of your mother's belly knowing already it's just a game u bought on walmart cloud gaming store

  • @darthdread1
    @darthdread1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    ok, where can i find a video to teach me what i need to know for this video to make sense to me?

    • @toddnewport356
      @toddnewport356 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      th-cam.com/video/5WV1SMoVYDM/w-d-xo.html

    • @ddoubleewhome7863
      @ddoubleewhome7863 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Watch the holographic universe 7 part series. ...

    • @Stacz_Dinero
      @Stacz_Dinero 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      To put it simple, light is made up of particles called photons. When light travels, it travels in a wave, similar to a ocean wave or if you think of how cell phone signals travel. Basically that experiment proved that Light/group of photons even though it travels as a wave, somehow wave function collapses, and the photons are able to act and communicate with its other photons and it chooses its final path due to probabilities of its path.

    • @cecebarnard4546
      @cecebarnard4546 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      under your stash....he, he, he

    • @wangzisworks
      @wangzisworks 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ddoubleewhome7863 Whew.... the holographic universe. I’m not going to concern myself with holography right now 😭

  • @krumplethemal8831
    @krumplethemal8831 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is easy to explain. Since we are in a simulation collision detection requires a lot of computations. To save on all this processing only the vector of the object is taken and then if the object enters the localization of another objects position does a collision get detected.

  • @Milk.moustache
    @Milk.moustache 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This guy takes the time to respond to comments at the end of the video! Subscribed!

  • @davidharford3873
    @davidharford3873 7 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Maybe the photons do have an idea where the previous photon has gone. Perhaps they leave some "Impression" in the air (space/time) and this influences where the next photon goes.
    Has the experiment been done:
    - Waiting a large amount of time between firing photons.
    or
    - Have the platform moving so that any "Imprint" in the air is not effective.

    • @happmacdonald
      @happmacdonald 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Well, the experiment is often conducted in a vacuum, so I would rule "air" out of the equation at least. :3

    • @adolfodef
      @adolfodef 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      There is no air (but even perfect vaccuum is full of fields and virtual particles).
      You should not move the wall were the results are "printed", as otherwise the accumulative efect will be just smooth random dots.
      You could in theory change the wall for another new wall per each photon (not easy to do in a vaccuum, and it will be expensive as shit); then adding each position per wall into a computer to graph the results. [It will be the same].
      It is easier to think on this by adding aditional dimensions outside time [were the ghost/shadows of each wavefunction can meet and interact with all others that passed that localized region of space through the entire history [past and future] of the universe (almost all of those will be too weak to be relevant).

    • @Reydriel
      @Reydriel 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Ali Raheem
      And we have no idea how or why it works :D

    • @geoffbrom7844
      @geoffbrom7844 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It can't be imprints on space time because the earth moves constantly through it extremely quickly
      We would move away from any 'photon path' at thousands of kilometres per second

    • @davidharford3873
      @davidharford3873 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Geoff Brom Wouldn't it inherit the momentum of the Earth?

  • @James-mb6jt
    @James-mb6jt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    We are waves of light hallucinating a particle reality as we travel through spacetime

    • @makyahmiles4158
      @makyahmiles4158 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Woah lmao

    • @justlivinglife2468
      @justlivinglife2468 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      How dare you put an idea like that into my head

    • @lhnathanson9002
      @lhnathanson9002 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Luckily I totally understood that and find it quite interesting.

    • @baldheadbird
      @baldheadbird 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You right

    • @julienhoule8369
      @julienhoule8369 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      sorry but light doesn't experience time due to spacial relativity.

  • @TonyAnnechino
    @TonyAnnechino 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You had me at "buckyball trebuchet". 🥰

  • @mysmirandam.6618
    @mysmirandam.6618 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love how you mentioned vertasium i love that channel

  • @tiltedtesseract8210
    @tiltedtesseract8210 7 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    Plot twist: reality is a simulation and this is actually the result of a coding error.

    • @vink6163
      @vink6163 7 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Actually in the world of coding this is called "lazy evaluation" where you don't bother to find the exact answer until just before you need it. That way you don't waste time calculating answers you never end up using. If ever there was an argument that we are living in a simulation, this is it. I know if I was writing a simulation I'd be using lazy evaluation as it would significantly reduce the CPU time required to run it!

    • @Chloroxite
      @Chloroxite 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Vink But at the end of the day, does it really matter whether this is a sim or not? No, merely existing is all that matters.

    • @madscientistshusta
      @madscientistshusta 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      scientists have already proved were not in a simulation by bouncing particles around and doing a few calculation, no I have no idea what or how I just read it on Wikipedia a long ass time ago

    • @ShadedWolf96
      @ShadedWolf96 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +madscientistshusta Because Wikipedia is a totally reliable source... o.O

    • @dandman8777
      @dandman8777 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Vink That's fascinating, thanks!

  • @CobaltSthenia
    @CobaltSthenia 7 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    The last time I came this early, electromagnetism wasn't even its own fundamental force.

    • @Electroblud
      @Electroblud 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      ....And this is what happens when you mix youtube running gags with physics nerds. :D

    • @larchpine9802
      @larchpine9802 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      ho hum

    • @TheJackawock
      @TheJackawock 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Your comment genuinely made me laugh.

    • @aforsy
      @aforsy 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Morning Madera easy, killer

    • @joedigger9919
      @joedigger9919 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Last time I came this early Schrödinger's cat was still alive, I mean dead, I mean alive, I mean dea...........

  • @ritazwanink5069
    @ritazwanink5069 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You have a great speaking voice. Your expression makes you very watchable.

  • @michealschmidt908
    @michealschmidt908 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Incredible i have always thought of alternative realities

  • @weisswurster
    @weisswurster 5 ปีที่แล้ว +244

    Double slit experiment: "I broke reality"
    Quantum eraser experiment: "hold my beer"

    • @greatwallofno3533
      @greatwallofno3533 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Wigner's Friend Experiment: You two are adorable.

    • @russellwright3818
      @russellwright3818 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Funny lolol

    • @reina4969
      @reina4969 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am still waiting for pilot wave theory to way in on the quantum eraser experiment.

    • @1SpudderR
      @1SpudderR 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      96%.....Instead Of sticking for approximately 100 years with hundreds of thousands of unproductive “paid scientists”- concentrate more on the 96% Of The Universe, Which remains unknown...Oh well I suppose that you know that anyway. Strive, more efficiently to find the next Einstein from the millions of starving humanity, that truly is a more worthy cause, than Thousands of Scientists just keep telling us the same story, when the answer is starving to tell us!? RDR

    • @BWCheese
      @BWCheese 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Delayed-choice quantum eraser experiment: "Hold my tequila."

  • @jdal9324
    @jdal9324 5 ปีที่แล้ว +345

    First time I saw two slits simultaneously my reality changed as well

    • @richardbonnette490
      @richardbonnette490 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      This is an experiment you can do yourself! Take a piece of paper and make two very thin slits through the paper (the small, the better the interference patterns you get), and, in a dark room, flash a light at the two slits (the two slits should be less than 800 nm apart for best effect). You should get an interference pattern. If the slits are small enough (and you use sun in a dark box with slits, INSTEAD of a flashlight, you get a rainbow interference pattern!
      You can also just bob two rubber balls over a smooth surface of water (like a lake) to make the interference waves, but light is so much more fun!

    • @flipnap2112
      @flipnap2112 5 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      @@richardbonnette490 i dont think you got it

    • @tonwu5055
      @tonwu5055 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ur a god 😂

    • @GamerMinecraftivity
      @GamerMinecraftivity 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@richardbonnette490 r/woosh

    • @richardbonnette490
      @richardbonnette490 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@GamerMinecraftivity So? I like science experiments. And I would prefer to keep this chat science- oriented anyways.

  • @brandongroves4465
    @brandongroves4465 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sothe wave could be anywhere but when it’s observed, it’s only in one spot. I would if a diving it has some kinda sticky property. I also wound if you could measur the energy it has while it is abusurved and if that energy matches the same energy it had when it left

  • @leostgeorge2080
    @leostgeorge2080 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Has any thought been given to the fact the medium the photon or particle is traveling threw is a wave and maybe causing this affect? A bullet fired from a gun is not a wave but causes a wave when it travels threw water altering it's final destination.

  • @ingeniouswild
    @ingeniouswild 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The dual-slit experiment is my favorite of all time. Updating the record mentioned in this video (the 60-atom buckyball), there have been lots of progress since, in 2019 Fein et. al. in "Quantum superposition of molecules beyond 25 kDa" observed the interference effects of 2000-atom organic molecules :)

  • @alfred0621
    @alfred0621 4 ปีที่แล้ว +168

    For fuck’s sake, I was going to bed before this.

    • @kaiyabou
      @kaiyabou 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Honestly same mate. I have no idea why this popped up in my recommended lol.

    • @robertpomphrey506
      @robertpomphrey506 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah I totally agree , Going to bed and then I start watching . Initially I thought it was gonna be a boring ..now I’m just completely brain fukd right now at 6 AM

    • @sharonallison9922
      @sharonallison9922 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      YOU'RE TTTTOOOOOO FUNNY ALFORD.........😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @tiny_toilet
      @tiny_toilet 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Another played fucking comment. Look, it wasn't even clever the first time we saw it in 2006.

    • @TonyEnglandUK
      @TonyEnglandUK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tiny_toilet You've been seeing that comment for 13 years and it's still triggering you?

  • @MapleWereWaffle
    @MapleWereWaffle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I know I'm really late to the discussion but I'm catching up on all these videos :)
    The way you described the collapse of a wave function reminded me of lightning
    With many of those "feelers" travelling down to the ground but the instant that one of them reaches the ground they appear to collapse into a single bolt
    I thought it was neat

    • @persiathiest1963
      @persiathiest1963 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's funny that I watched a video of slow motioned lightnings a few days ago that shows exactly that path search phenomena looks like in slow motion

  • @Robertnight888
    @Robertnight888 ปีที่แล้ว

    You just said it…….in time! All happens in time and that’s the unreal action
    😊

  • @justsuperdad
    @justsuperdad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Right on. When talking about waves you said, "through what?" I instantly imagine what you'd probably call a field in qft. That makes a lot of sense.

  • @callanhutchison1871
    @callanhutchison1871 7 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    I've no idea what this episode was about

    • @Invisigoth423
      @Invisigoth423 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      It was about all particles also exist as waves simultaneously. In the experiment, individual photons were shot through a double slit. The photons produced an interference pattern even though they were fired individually. When they tried to determine which slit the photon went through the photons formed two bands instead of an interference pattern. The act of Observing a photon changed it's behavior.

    • @callanhutchison1871
      @callanhutchison1871 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Invisigoth423 yeah but like whaaaaat 💥

    • @callanhutchison1871
      @callanhutchison1871 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Invisigoth423 mind blown

    • @callanhutchison1871
      @callanhutchison1871 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +Benjamin Miles ohhhhhh. See now that's much more clarifying u are a gentleman and a scholar

    • @suzandouglass5241
      @suzandouglass5241 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      smoke a bowl of chronic. makes total sense.

  • @Bruce22027
    @Bruce22027 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great explanation!
    If I didn’t already know we were so smart, I’d conclude we really don’t know WT_ we’re doing.

  • @bigncornfed1
    @bigncornfed1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely fascinating!!!

  • @paradoxworld6798
    @paradoxworld6798 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I have seen many videos "trying" to explain the wavefunction and CopenHagen interpretation. This one simply stands out by it's simplicity and beauty. Keep making more videos !
    You are doing a great job !

  • @JarOfRats
    @JarOfRats 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    "We now have a winner in the Quantum Race"
    Hey! You changed the results by observing them!

    • @sergior8667
      @sergior8667 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      JarOfRats really?

    • @nox_chan
      @nox_chan 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Farnsworth!!

    • @ashmita002
      @ashmita002 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually thats not accurate according to quantum physics. The results did not exist until we observed them. Change would mean that we knew the results before observation, but that in itself cant be true because knowing is a form of observation.

  • @headcrab4
    @headcrab4 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the most clear way I've ever heard this explained. Obviously it doesn't explain how it works, but why the result we get from experimentation is baffling. Good show!

    • @schmetterling4477
      @schmetterling4477 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sounds great, until you realize that the double slit is not even a quantum mechanical system (it has been explained as early as 1801 with classical physics). Then it becomes clear that PBS Spacetime is mostly bullshit. ;-)

    • @headcrab4
      @headcrab4 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@schmetterling4477 so then.... Explain it better? Tell me what I can do to learn more? Or do you just think telling people they're wrong without really elaborating makes you sound smart?

    • @schmetterling4477
      @schmetterling4477 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@headcrab4 Explain what? A classical experiment that Young explained perfectly fine in 1801 and that today is high school material? Dude, did you have physics in high school or what? Did you pay attention? ;-)
      What makes me smarter than most everybody who makes crappy videos on the internet about quantum mechanics is that I actually noticed that Planck's constant doesn't show up in interference experiments. That and I actually went to the physics library and read many of the early founders' papers. In other words... I did the hard work instead of just bullshitting without having put in any effort to understand what is really going on. :-)

    • @headcrab4
      @headcrab4 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@schmetterling4477 to be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to watch Rick and Morty.

    • @schmetterling4477
      @schmetterling4477 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@headcrab4 IQ is meaningless if you don't put the work in that is necessary to actually understand something. ;-)

  • @RensKieviet
    @RensKieviet 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can this video be added to the PBS spacetime playlist? Right before the next video about the double slit experiment. I love to watch Spacetime in order!

  • @yat282
    @yat282 7 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Results like this just leave me wondering if the universe actually does exist, or if it just probably exists.

    • @LordLOC
      @LordLOC 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Or its just a simulation and this is why things are the way they are.

    • @garethdean6382
      @garethdean6382 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Perhaps there is no difference between he two.

    • @Kaboom1212Gaming
      @Kaboom1212Gaming 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would say that it probably exitsts. But there is a %99.999 chance it doesn't exist.

    • @kadmonzohar2
      @kadmonzohar2 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maya from the Hindu schools

    • @EvolBob1
      @EvolBob1 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Gage Baumgard - We have to work out what is the probability of reality first.

  • @peterpanino2436
    @peterpanino2436 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    That's because Photons are "entangled" through time: Photon A "knows" what Photon B will do in the future, and vice-versa. In the Quantum world, time and space MERGE.

  • @jacobfinnis0126
    @jacobfinnis0126 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow, this is incredible, thank you very much

  • @oracleangelsshiftall2609
    @oracleangelsshiftall2609 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That explains the high pitch ringing sounds!!!

  • @danopticon
    @danopticon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great video, thank you!
    As for the comments section: I know, and I’ve been told, over and over and *over* again, “Never read the TH-cam comments section … *_NEVER_* read the TH-cam comments section!” but, my goodness, never has that been truer than here!!

  • @continuum288
    @continuum288 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Extremely informative. Thank you. I have wondered more in depth about this very issue regarding the wave functions and how the double slit experiment is a microcosmic analogy pertaining to the macroscopic world that we live in. Essentially showing is that from the source, our energy has limitless possibilities until a defined path of intention directs manifestation into our reality.

  • @Enycbx
    @Enycbx ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing explanation!

  • @plac3
    @plac3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just realized that I think I can simulate this with my door. I noticed one light this weird light pattern outside my room one night. I had my door ever-so slightly open and it created those interference waves.

  • @dimman77
    @dimman77 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    This reminds me of old 'bullet hits' in games like Doom. There's a start and a semi-random end. But nothing actually travels between them.

    • @pilotavery
      @pilotavery 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      This is how it works. It is a "cone" and when you pull the trigger it immediately chooses a ray at random and then waits 2 frames for bullet travel, then if the same object is still there, it hits it, if it's not there after 2 frames it recalculated what's behind it and does it again, usually a wall.
      But that's very much like how our universe works.

  • @cliffp.8396
    @cliffp.8396 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Excellent explanation of this experiment.

  • @peachy7776
    @peachy7776 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'd like to see you guys do a breakdown on string theory

  • @Surfman374
    @Surfman374 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Prayers, never be afraid to pray! Openly and asking others is powerful!
    Pride, Never be afraid to share your accomplishment’s specially if they are selfless acts of kindness!
    Motivation, Actions always produce be what you preach, don’t preach what you want to be!
    Strength, also comes from inside! It’s more than the muscles you see on the outside!
    Power, Your only as Powerful as the team standing beside you!
    Passion, what makes you happy! What brings you joy! Share it, because it could bring a smile to others and ignite their inner passion or desire to pursue!
    Stand Tall, Be Proud! No matter who try’s to get in your way!

  • @MarkOates2
    @MarkOates2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Oooh really like this lighting on this one. Soft yet clean; mysterious yet illuminated; dramatic yet still visible

  • @MrMakae90
    @MrMakae90 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1521

    Do not try and bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth. *There is no spoon.*

    • @AmeshaSpentaArmaiti
      @AmeshaSpentaArmaiti 7 ปีที่แล้ว +159

      is that why my soup's all over my lap? i just thought it was a glitch in the system...

    • @TheSliderBy
      @TheSliderBy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Bruh

    • @TheSliderBy
      @TheSliderBy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Bruh

    • @TheSliderBy
      @TheSliderBy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Bruh

    • @g.f.w.parker5485
      @g.f.w.parker5485 7 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      There is no spoon, but everything is also a spoon. You are a spoon. I am a spoon. Spoon Universe exists.

  • @FAF83
    @FAF83 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm curious. Could you perform this experiment with photons that vary in time between each photon being released. For example some experiments could have an hour or so between each photons release to travel through the double slit experiment. This would help to determine if some wave function is preceeding and lagging behind the discreet packet of energy called a photons that would influence the distribution pattern of the photons traveling through the double slit.

  • @badbart6531
    @badbart6531 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The particle is traveling through spacetime as a waves, like the ripple in the pond travels through water, spacetime is the medium for particle. The slits will cause small fluctuations or distortions in spacetime as the wave pass through both slits not the particle. This interaction will determine where the particle lands on the screen.

  • @garethdean6382
    @garethdean6382 7 ปีที่แล้ว +375

    Did it really break reality, or only our preconceived ideas?

    • @happmacdonald
      @happmacdonald 7 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      The second one. Unfortunate title is moderately click-baity. :

    • @arnabbiswasalsodeep
      @arnabbiswasalsodeep 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Well, more like broke the understanding of reality. If anything breaks reality and has support of theory then it becomes the new reality instead, our understanding of reality that is anyways

    • @GloveSlapnz
      @GloveSlapnz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Arnab Biswas if I didn't know about this experiment, did it break my reality?

    • @mikip3242
      @mikip3242 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well, maybe not only that. Reality is the set of real things. This wave of possibilities act "beyond reality" because things are not only non-existent or existent but have a range of posible states in different intensities. I wouldn't say break reality but break existence. But yes. Maybe is just a semantic issue. Sorry for my english (I've sounded like a new age moron)

    • @yeetspageet5679
      @yeetspageet5679 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      +GloveSlapnz I think when were talking about a scientific video, you can assume "broke reality" means it broke the current understanding scientists had. I hate clickbait, this video isn't clickbait. It literally broke the understanding of reality

  • @noneofyourbeeswax01
    @noneofyourbeeswax01 5 ปีที่แล้ว +535

    Wow, I didn't realise quite how many world-class physicists are hanging about TH-cam watching physics videos for laymen and using their vast knowledge of quantum physics to enlighten us as to why the people in the video don't know what they're talking about and scientific consensus is meaningless. I look forward to reading more of their insights in the peer-reviewed journals which must surely be queuing up to commission papers from these secret Interweb geniuses.

    • @danopticon
      @danopticon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      NoneOfYour Beeswax - I don’t usually read TH-cam comments, but I found this video tonight and something drew me to these, and, honestly … I don’t know whether I’m having the funnest night of my life in a long time or whether I’m just laughing to keep the yawning abyss of despair from swallowing me up whole. I can halfway tolerate the “Y’all nerds has got it all wrong, as per usual, me an’ my buddy Hydroseefuss was talkin’ down by the shittin’ shed and light is a solid ‘cause birds swim through it but the darkness pushing it out at night is heavier what to keep these giant face-fucking vampire bats afloat, I tell you what, ol’ ‘seefuss got attacked by one t’other night, ‘tain’t no laffin’ matter!” crowd, they’ve been around forever and, Jeebus bless ‘em, they’re lucky to make it through each day in one piece without oven mitts taped over their hands, but it’s the saucer-eyed “The universe manifests its intelligence to us only in the doses we can handle and conscious photons are its angels!” crowd that has really got me down, they’re the ones telling exurban housewives over hot yoga that the solution to the world’s problems is to manifest positive energy down one’s omphalos with one’s head up one’s fundament. 😕

    • @darciford
      @darciford 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Quantum scores 4/100. That's a radical fail in any test. I might stop calling bullshit when they can explain the 96 percent of mass missing from their 'equations'. You should too.

    • @darciford
      @darciford 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We will change the world. ,Not the ' Quantards.

    • @SMC01ful
      @SMC01ful 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Brilliant mate. Had me pissing myself.

    • @jeffreybonanno8982
      @jeffreybonanno8982 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Well you must've had some idea or you wouldn't be here doing such an accurate impression of a lonely hypocrite, with all of the confidence of an acne scar and as much self awareness as a blind amnesiac. Okay, your turn. Let's see whatcha got when your not taking anonymous potshots at people who don't know it, ya genius, you.

  • @audioblogs12
    @audioblogs12 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The electron fired through the slits is going to interact with other particles. Is there a way to confirm the electron detected is the exact same electron fired from the ion blaster?

  • @richardweiner6608
    @richardweiner6608 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What are the dimensions of energy comprising a photon or electron? At the time a single photon or single electron reaches the two slits, does the dimensions of it's EM energy span both slits?

    • @roundedges2
      @roundedges2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I heard somwhere that yes, it is a blob of energy that spans both holes. That makes sense. Otherwise there will just be a dot of light bouncing off the middle, never getting to either slit or point it at just one slit and it never goes thru the other.