wtf, quantum mechanics puts object in two places at one

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MrXxx
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09 Sep 2010, 8:04 pm

"so it was moving and still at the same time depending on when it was observed"

Uh, what? Depending on when it was observed? If it was moving and still at the same time, it shouldn't matter when it was observed.

"When" implies a time factor. Ergo, it's not doing both at once. :roll:


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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.