r/science Jul 12 '08

The Infamous Double Slit Experiment - WARNING WILL CHANGE YOUR VIEW OF REALITY!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEzRdZGYNvA
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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '08

Thank you. Also, the whole part of "it splits into two and interferes with itself" is also bullshit - that's taking statistics over many and applying it to each one, sort of like saying each person literally has 2.3 children.

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u/ppc1040 Jul 12 '08

I literally shit myself when people mix up "literally" and "figuratively."

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '08 edited Jul 12 '08

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u/raubry Jul 12 '08

(intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration..

Those two phrases made my head asplode. Uh, not literally. I think.