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Khuutra said:
Rath said:
Khuutra said:
dtewi said:

This is very, very confusing.

Welcome to physics!

Yeah. I still can't get my head around how an electron in the double slit experiment can go through both slits at the same time and interfere with itself. I definately can't get my head around why observing it stops it from happening.

The best thing about physics is that I understand very little of it (outside of everything you could learn in high school and in A Brief History of Time) and it still manages to scare the Hell out of me. I can only iagine what sort of madness must come with greater understanding.

I'm reading 'Universe in a nutshell' right now, it's really good although I feel as though I've read half of it already. It was part of my summer reading list which, well, hasn't exactly gone to plan. Actually, Tombi, I think you suggested universe in a nutshell for me at the beginning of the summer. Well I only just got round to reading it this week lol.