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originally posted by: Kandinsky
a reply to: AlienView
I imagine there's more gene diversity generated from sexual dimorphism and two genders than self-fertilisation by individual organisms. There are exceptions, like Mr Seahorse, but overall nature has favoured two genders which points to it being the most effective way of transferring genes from a wider pool.
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Quantum walks are motivated by the widespread use of classical random walks in the design of randomized algorithms, and are part of several quantum algorithms. For some oracular problems, quantum walks provide an exponential speedup over any classical algorithm.[1][2] Quantum walks also give polynomial speedups over classical algorithms for many practical problems, such as the element distinctness problem,[3] the triangle finding problem,[4] and evaluating NAND trees.[5] The well-known Grover search algorithm can also be viewed as a quantum walk algorithm.
We aren't. Our observation interferes with what is being observed. No adjustment.
And go back to my initial posts about the observer and how we are adjusting the observations.
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: luthier
Base concepts yes.
Word salad no.
We aren't. Our observation interferes with what is being observed. No adjustment.
And go back to my initial posts about the observer and how we are adjusting the observations.
originally posted by: Phage
Trouble is, he still doesn't get it.
originally posted by: AlienView
But who is the observer? - Where is the observer? - When is the observation? - The exact time!
In what absolute and definable reality - Doesn't exist - And if it existed a millionth of second past
it has now changed
You did not explain how it was determined which slit the particle went through. You don't understand that the particle cannot be "observed" without interfering with it because something has to interact with it in order for there to be a detection. You probably still don't. You still think that it was photons which were detected passing through the slit. How were those photons detected?
What part of my analysis was incorrect?
I'm sure you have a very firm grasp on those experiments as well. Can you give us a synopsis?
This is beautifully demonstrated by the delayed-choice quantum experiments.
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: cooperton
I'm sure you have a very firm grasp on those experiments as well.
The delayed-choice experiment is further proof that the act of measurement is the foundation of the change. When the incident of the photon is viewed after the slits (delayed choice) the photons retroactively begin behaving like particles instead of a wave. like particles instead of a wave.
Observing one particle instantly causes an effect on it's entangled counterpart - this effect can occur faster than the speed of light, further proving it could not be caused by simple interference.
originally posted by: Noinden
a reply to: cooperton
You avoided answering the question. Rather you went right to the ad hominem (calling him sour, and unpleasant. You did the same to me a number of times, when you could not keep up).
When someone goes to the ad hominem vs reason, as you just have. I question your veracity in the matter
Correct. Sort of. But it will do.
When you observe Particle A of an entangled pair of particles A&B, you immediately discover the state of Particle B, this information is disseminated instantly - even if the entangled particles are vastly far away from each other. This is the nature of quantum physics.
The wave function "collapses" when a photon interacts with something. Another particle. On the macro scale that could be a wall, an eyeball, a leaf.
Wave function collapse is caused by "observation".
originally posted by: Phage
The wave function "collapses" when a photon interacts with something. Another particle. On the macro scale that could be a wall, an eyeball, a leaf.
The measurement makes it behave as a particle. Yes.
But in the double slit and eraser experiment it is the measurement that causes the particles to behave as particles or waves.