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Re:Guess I'm a Rationalist Now by lisper on Monday June 23, 2025 @03:21AM (#44353279)
There is no such thing as a half photon.
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Re:Guess I'm a Rationalist Now by GoblinSlayer on Monday June 23, 2025 @03:54AM (#44353432)
It's a part of photon's state at the slit with detector, the other part is at another slit. It's superposition of photon near detector and no photon near detector.
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Re:Guess I'm a Rationalist Now by lisper on Monday June 23, 2025 @11:18AM (#44356689)
A superposition is not "half a photon". You are talking nonsense.
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