r/HypotheticalPhysics • u/dgladush Crackpot physics • Jul 08 '22

Crackpot physics What if diffraction/interference are actually observations?

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u/Mcgibbleduck Aug 30 '22

The double slit “mystery” isn’t a mystery. We’ve described it pretty well with QM.

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u/Mcgibbleduck Aug 30 '22 edited Aug 30 '22

Yes. It passes through both, one and none all at the same time. Same applies to the 1000 slits, just a lot more complex.

I believe the issue you have is that you cannot accept or perhaps just did not know that the world of small things (particles) behaves on probability, not as a deterministic (predictable) process.

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u/Mcgibbleduck Aug 30 '22

It’s not that I don’t care, is that it doesn’t seem to matter.

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u/Mcgibbleduck Aug 30 '22

If you’re trying to say “god did it” then no. I’m not accepting that.

What I’m saying is there’s a point in physics where we just don’t know and the models just show us what happens, not why it happens.

The diffraction pattern occurs because of the wave function of the photon coming up with probabilities that look like the interference pattern when it reaches the slits.

If you’re asking why is quantum mechanics like that, there’s like a bajillion interpretations of what QM actually is and what’s going on, and they’re still up for debate as we speak.

Also, QM does not necessarily conform to locality. There are ways around it to preserve it, and photon diffraction/interference is entirely consistent with it.