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innerSpaceman · 01-20-2011, 10:56 PM

GD, I believe you are incorrect about subatomic particles having properties of both particles and waves. The entire point of the huge scientific splash the discovery made quite a few years back was that they are pure potentiality and that they behave as either particles OR waves, not both, and which behavior manifests is determined by the mere act of being observed.

Perhaps I'm not as up-to-date on this as I'd like - - - but that was the big news in physics-meets-metaphysics, and I've heard nothing but subsequent confirmations.

01-20-2011, 10:56 PM	#26
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	GD, I believe you are incorrect about subatomic particles having properties of both particles and waves. The entire point of the huge scientific splash the discovery made quite a few years back was that they are pure potentiality and that they behave as either particles OR waves, not both, and which behavior manifests is determined by the mere act of being observed. Perhaps I'm not as up-to-date on this as I'd like - - - but that was the big news in physics-meets-metaphysics, and I've heard nothing but subsequent confirmations.
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