Quantum physics first: Researchers observe single photons in two-slit interferometer experiment
Thursday, June 2, 2011 - 13:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Quantum mechanics is famous for saying that a tree falling in a forest when there's no one there doesn't make a sound. Quantum mechanics also says that if anyone is listening, it interferes with and changes the tree. And so the famous paradox: how can we know reality if we cannot measure it without distorting it?