The Weird Experiment that Changes When Observed

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[Newsthink]

*What do you think the implications of the double-slit experiment are for our understanding of reality?*

[TheRealLaughingGravy]

I can relate. I behave differently when I'm being watched, too.

[recessiv]

It's important to note that "observing" a particle is much more involved than what the word would imply. It's not a passive act, in order to observe a particle you have to hit it with another.

In such a sense, every single particle in existence isn't "observed" until it interacts with another, so for nearly the entire life span of a particle it doesn't actually exist, it's simply a solitary wave.

[icevlad]

It is impressive that these physicists managed to isolate a single photon

[pslanez]

If physical reality manifests out of consciousness rather than the other way around then this makes complete sense. Everything is in a state of infinite possibility until the light of awareness shines on it at which point it manifests into existence

[anonymitious]

Albert Einstein saying "God does not play dice" was not for the double slit experiment. It was actually for another Quantum phenomenon which he termed "Spooky action at a distance" (Quantum Entanglement).

[ricardokowalski]

What effect does the "measuring device" have on the photon? 1:29
What has been demonstrated is that this measurement device affects the photons, not that the photon knows it is being observed.

[DecemberNames]

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[VoidraMusic]

Server admin: oooh they are observing, yo zuckerberg, change the code!

[jumanji]

This sounds exactly like Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, in which a particle’s momentum and location in space cannot be determined at the same time, leading it to have multiple positions at once until observed. The same can be said about Schrödinger’s cat. In this thought experiment, a cat is in a black box with some poison. Next to the poison is a radioactive source. When the source reaches a certain count rate, the poison is released; the thing is the decay of the radioactive source is unpredictable, so cat at any point in time is both dead and alive until observed. Another analogy is if a tree falls and no one was there to hear or see it fall, did it really fall?

Both theories have been used to question the possibility of a multiverse where every possible outcome generates a new universe.

The idea of life being a “computer” program is logical, as almost all aspects of nature have mathematical attributes that are perfectly related to one another. Every possibility follows certain “coded” rules/axioms to carry out. In that case mathematics and physics is just the study of reverse engineering the program of the simulation. But when you reverse engineer a program and come across something that shouldn’t run, like photons arranging themselves when observed, you question whether this is intentional or an undefined natural error. It breaks the algorithm that we have documented for centuries.

[Borishal]

Measurement, rather than observation. This is very important. Changes the idea of consciousness being involved.

[terrykeggereis]

This actually makes sense if the particle is in a different dimension than us, and when we measure it we are taking a slice of that dimension and basically assigning only that slice to the particle.

[jonathandawson]

Very nice and concise video on the subject, with clear explanations and just enough mystery left for viewers to be curious.
I've been exploring this and related phenomenon for over a decade, and still your presentation captures my interest - makes me remember how I felt when I knew about it the first time.
I might follow.

[Mike-lhrq]

Thanks Cindy for always doing very interesting subjects that include a mixture of scientific theories explained in a easy-to-understand way. It's a great Channel keep it up!

[wolf]

Interesting....thanks for this. There is also the water experiment which consistently shows an interaction between the water molecules and the mind of the observer.

[ralfp]

The problem begins with thinking of particles.

[ThatGrungeKdd]

I STILL THINK THE OBSERVER EFFECTS BASED OFF HOW "SEEING" PHOTONS IS AN INHERENT INTERACTION BETWEEN THE EXPERIMENT AND THE EXPERIMENTER. YOU CANNOT OBSERVE WITHOUT INTERACTING WITH PHOTONS.

[annalarose]

Our world is amazing! The concept that the particles could change when being observed seems like a small change in variables but the consciousness awareness effects it in such a way that had plenty of people stunned! Even to this day people are amazed by this experiment!

[MarcusAgrippa]

When Einstein said his famous quote that "God does not play dice with the universe"
Bohr replied by telling Einstein
"Stop telling God what to do"
This on the surface, may seem to have somewhat supernatural undertones but I think it shows just how perplexing quantum mechanics really is even to two of the most brilliant and influential minds that humanity has ever produced, and we have produced many over the years.

Sadly, I'm not one of them...
Not even close...

[lucanator]

One of the best explanations of this ive seen, great visuals