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how come photons can be in two plces at once or two times at once.
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A good basic explanation here:
http://library.thinkquest.org/C008537/cool/dif fraction/diffraction.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/C008537/cool/dif fraction/diffraction.html
Ooh... just been studying a module on quantum mechanics as part of my degree course. Fascinating stuff!
In order to understand how that can happen, you have to forget conventional physics - things on this small a scale comply with entirely different sets of rules! Wikipedia has some good info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics .
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger' s_cat
In order to understand how that can happen, you have to forget conventional physics - things on this small a scale comply with entirely different sets of rules! Wikipedia has some good info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics .
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger' s_cat
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