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Nature

Two slits and one hell of a quantum conundrum

Philip Ball

Published Aug 3, 2018• 4 citations
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Abstract

Philip Ball lauds a study of a famous experiment and the insights it offers into a thoroughly maddening theory. Philip Ball lauds a study of a famous experiment and the insights it offers into a thoroughly maddening theory.
DOI
10.1038/d41586-018-05892-6

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From a new insight about the internal structure and dynamics of quantum particles such as photons andelectrons, a conclusion has been reached that the exact point on the detector screen of a double-slit experimentwhere a photon will land is completely predetermined by fine tuning the initial conditions of the photon andthe electron during emission. This means that where exactly a photon lands on the detecting screen iscompletely predetermined by its initial conditions, just as where exactly a ball lands on the ground ispredetermined by its initial conditions. This means that an interference pattern or any arbitrary pattern could beformed on the detector screen by (almost) infinitely fine-tuning the initial conditions of the photon duringemission, regardless of whether one or both slits are open, regardless of the distance between the slits,regardless of the distance of the detecting screen. In principle, a mechanical version of particle interferencepatterns can be created by repeatedly kicking a ball towards a hole („slit‟ ) in a wall, with a „detector‟ wall atsome arbitrary distance from the hole(s). This would require almost „infinite‟ fine tuning of the initialconditions of the ball, that is initial velocity, initial direction and other parameters. The interference patternoccurred just because of infinite fine tuning of the initial conditions of the ball and not because the ball„interfered‟ with itself. We just made a successful simulation, and created the pattern as if the ball interfered with itself. A supernatural football player can create an „interference‟ pattern on the net by accuratelydeflecting the ball from either pole. The interference pattern in the photon and electron double-slit experiment is fundamentally the same. The conclusion is that aiming a photon to a particular atom on the screen requires(almost) infinite fine-tuning during emission. This raises the burning question: WHO fine-tunes the photonsduring emission so that they form an interference pattern or a Gaussian pattern? The emitting atom? The light source conspiring with the detecting screen? Atoms have infinitely small intelligence as to do the infinitelycomplex task of fine-tuning a photon. The conclusion is that a super natural being is fine-tuning and, literally,aiming each and every photon emitted not only from the light source of a double slit experiment, but also allphotons emitted from all light sources in the universe. The overwhelming evidence of divine intervention isthat photons and electrons cannot by themselves behave both as waves and as particles simultaneously.LITERALLY, God has been behind all confusing light speed experiments and observations made overcenturies. It has been discovered that the correct model of the speed of light is a novel, seamless fusion of ethertheory and emission theory ( Apparent Source Theory ). Photons cannot by themselves exhibit this dual nature.Literally, all dualities observed so far in light, electromagnetism and gravity are possible ONLY by DIRECT divine intervention.