(February 6, 2015 at 12:01 am)Surgenator Wrote:Because half the time it is a particle.(February 5, 2015 at 9:18 pm)IATIA Wrote: The gaussian packet describes the probability distribution of the particle. And note that I did use "appears" rather than "is".
Electron scattering experiments show the electron "appears" as a point particle, not a wave. So saying the electron "appears" as wave when we aren't measuring it is only half right.
The electron displays the same properties as a photon in the double slit experiment. It is unlikely that any particle is really a piece of matter in the truest sense. I believe a particle to be an intersection of the wave front and alternate dimensions/realities. Yes, I subscribe to the many-worlds interpretation of QM.
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