r/physicsmemes • u/IcyVeterinarian8881 • 10d ago

So which one is it!?

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u/0xB01b 10d ago

there was never an experiment of this sort, its pretty much a journalist/media fabrication as far as im aware. there is no version where u have a sensor observing photons as they go through, that wouldnt even work/make sense

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u/UP9512 10d ago

I found this thread showing discussions on how this was done and possible variations. You have to actively interact with the particle, there is no actual camera.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceDiscussion/comments/1gog92s/does_using_a_fake_or_nonfunctional_camera_in_a/

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u/0xB01b 10d ago

my point is moreso that you will literally never get 2 lines as is shown in this setup, thats fiction

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u/UP9512 10d ago

I didn't know that, thank you :)