That all sounds a little mind-meltingly complex, but the experiment poses a pretty simple question: if you have an object that can either act like a particle or a wave, at what point does that object 'decide'? The truth about the electron does not exist until it is observed: **Experimental double slits - hide the conspiracy** **Electron does not exist! Known as John Wheeler's delayed-choice thought experiment, the experiment was first proposed back in 1978 using light beams bounced by mirrors, but back then, the technology needed was pretty much impossible. Not sure if I worded that correctly, but is this in fact true? Reality Doesn’t Exist Until We Measure It, Quantum Experiment Confirms. It was only when they were measured at the end of the journey that their wave-like or particle-like behaviour was brought into existence," he said. The superposition seem to … Any property of a piece of matter can be questioned. "It proves that measurement is everything. The ball is a superposition of being everywhere in the universe until it is observed and pinpointed. BMD Senior member. Matter exists everywhere and anywhere simultaneously, until observed, at which point it comes into being once observed. But it does not mean the electron’s existence is conditional. Yes you read it right, Quantum Physics suggests that reality doesn't exist until someone physically looks at it. Associate Professor Andrew Truscott said, “the atoms did not … I've watched videos of scientists taking this theory into mind-bending other theories. Commentary Telling It Like It Is To Those That Might Not Want To Hear It & Links To News Around The Internet. My System Specs « Previous Thread | Next Thread » Thread Tools: Printable Version. More recently the experiment has once again concluded that at sub atomic levels, reality truly does not exist until it is observed. One of the most bizarre premises of quantum theory, which has long fascinated philosophers and physicists alike, states that by the very act of watching, the observer affects the observed reality. Australian scientists have successfully performed a famous experiment to prove a quantum physics prediction that reality does not exist until it is measured. Click On The Headline Posted by epistolizer at 7/21/2015. Whether you observed the atom going down one path or two only depends on how it was measured at the end of its micro-sized and kind of improbable journey, which in a sense means reality … The reality perceived by the friend cannot be reconciled with the reality on the outside. Now, almost 40 years later, the Australian team has managed to recreate the experiment using helium atoms scattered by laser light. By replicating a famous experiment where an object is given a choice for how to behave, physicists found that the object doesn’t actually make its decision until it is seen. independent.co.uk article To successfully recreate the experiment, the team trapped a bunch of helium atoms in a suspended state known as a Bose-Einstein condensate, and then ejected them all until there was only a single atom left.Â. Australian scientists have recreated a famous experiment and confirmed quantum physics's bizarre predictions about the nature of reality, by proving that reality doesn't actually exist until we measure it - … The question of whether nothing exists until it is observed is more one for philosophy than quantum mechanics; it's the question of whether we can define an objective reality outside of human or even our own individual experience. The bizarre nature of reality as laid out by quantum theory has survived another test, with scientists performing a famous experiment and proving that reality does not exist until it is measured Email this Page. Reality does not exist until you look at it. Reality does not exist until it is observed. Once the particle is observed, it instantaneously collapses into a single position. SOURCE: Quantum physics is a weird world. At the quantum level, reality does not exist if you are not looking at it.” Reality has been proven to not exist until it is observed. The probability to be observed on a straight line is something like 10exp1000/10exp1001. Nor is there any need for consciousness to be involved. It was observed by the ANU team that when the second light grating was not added, there was no interference and the atom chose only one path. 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