wtf, quantum mechanics puts object in two places at one

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10 Sep 2010, 12:49 pm

Is it really that it is in two places at once?

Or is it that it is able to move from two positions in a specific manner so quickly that it looks like it is in two places?



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10 Sep 2010, 4:12 pm

PatrickNeville wrote:
Is it really that it is in two places at once?

Or is it that it is able to move from two positions in a specific manner so quickly that it looks like it is in two places?


It is in Place 1 with probability .5 and Place 2 with probability .5

Once the wave function is collapsed the object is in just one place.

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10 Sep 2010, 5:17 pm

ruveyn wrote:
PatrickNeville wrote:
Is it really that it is in two places at once?

Or is it that it is able to move from two positions in a specific manner so quickly that it looks like it is in two places?


It is in Place 1 with probability .5 and Place 2 with probability .5

Once the wave function is collapsed the object is in just one place.

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I know what you mean roughly. A researcher from a University down in Glasgow Scotland came up to Aberdeen to give a lecture for free in a book store and was speaking about the massive problem scientists are having with waves of light and predicting where it will go. Really interesting but its something beyond me.