Here’s an excellent video done by one of my heroes, a quantum physicist, thinker, and philosopher of the human spirit, Fred Alan Wolf.
Actually, this is his alter ego – Dr Quantum!
In this 5 minute animated clip, he breaks down one of the most famous and eerie experiments in the field of quantum physics that touches on the dual nature of matter and the effect of observation on reality, the double slit experiment.
I believe this video comes from an unused clip that was originally to appear in that weird cult favorite, “What the Bleep Do We Know?”.
Enjoy!
September 1st, 2009 at 4:06 pm
I’ve heard of this experiment, but I never heard of the observer causing the particles to behave differently. Interesting stuff!