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It's not supposed to make sense... (lemmynsfw.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

My example is more in regards to wave/particle duality as it shows up in variations of the double slit experiment. Putting a detector at one of the slits is an active interaction, giving you the particle-like behavior rather than the interference pattern.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What I mean to say is that the detector is not what's changing the particle; It's the process of learning about an aspect of the quantum system that forces it into one state or another (at least from our own personal perspectives).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

uh, I'm a total quantum layman, but I'm pretty sure its the detector.