Guest guest Posted July 12, 1999 Report Share Posted July 12, 1999 Wrote 'david' > Since it's well after the photon has passed through the slits > that the film > is put up or left down, the physicist chooses the legitimate past > for the photon > (one path or both paths) > > The effect has become the cause. wrote 'jb' But that is the wrong assumption - there is no way acknowledgeing whether or not a single photon has passed through the slits without influencing it. Only prediction is possible, based on generating photons and the speed of light. This however, debunks that the past can be determined. ------------------------- Comments : Not really the past is not debunked - what is debunked is how do we see the universe and to what extent our seeing effects what can be called the objective universe. This wave/particle duality ideas are the basis of quantum mechanics. These concepts do not have parallals in Greek philosophy - which had provided the conceptual basis to Physics until now. At the moment the conceptual leap that is required to understand quantum ideas is missing - it will come in due course but I suspect it will come via the teachings of Samkhya philosophy. jay - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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