Originally Posted by pittsburghjoe So a mathematical object goes through both slits and creates an interference pattern when not observed? |
I never said that. I said that it's
treated that way. I said that the wave function is not a physical entity and as such it cannot be observed.
Why do you think so many people have a hard time understanding QM? Where do think that the old adage "Shut up and calculate" came from?
See
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Shut_up_and_calculate
You have yet to ask "When I set up this experiment and make this measurement what is the probability that I will measure this quantity? And those are the only questions which one can answer with QM. Nothing else. That's why Richard Feynman said in a later chapter of that text that nobody understands QM.
Originally Posted by pittsburghjoe That's ridiculous. |
And I now promise you that you will continue to believe that until you learn the subject properly, e.g. read the chapter I suggested. Until then I won't post in this thread again since it would mean that you are not willing to take our advice and learn the subject. I'm certain that all of the physics helpers will agree with me in that the book I mentioned is the best there is on the subject.
Originally Posted by pittsburghjoe You are either saying mass duplicates itself and goes through both slits or magic. |
Nope. It is only you who are saying that, not I. You keep on insisting that QM allows you to even
speak about things you're not observing.
That's what can be expected from people who refuse to learn QM properly.
Good bye.