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To: jackjc who wrote (37844)5/22/2006 1:51:07 PM
From: koan  Read Replies (1) of 39344
 
Good explanation jack. Everything that happens in the quantum world happens in Einsteins big world except quantum wave action. As you see the interference by the oberserver is just too small to see. Planck's constant is 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000066-lol.

And that is the holy grail. What causes the quantum wave action to collapse as things get larger? Some sort of interaction, but what?

I have read the largest thing science has gotten to stay in the wave state is a 60 molecule buckball.

I have read lots of discussion regarding what causes the superposition to collapse, but it remains a mystery.

Regarding the double slit experiment: Scientists have tried every trick in the book to fool the particles into staying in the wave state when measuring or observing them and have never succeeded in fooling them.

Particles also seem to be able to go back in time.

Quantum physics is like magic. You or I could be trasported next week to the planet zeno just based on probability and that sure seems like magic to me.
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