It can look dumb, but I always had this question as a kid, what physical principles would prevent this?

  • vrighter
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    13 hours ago

    wave function (something that does not travel) collapses (something that does not move either) faster than light (themselves?)

    this word soup does not make sense

    • Cutecity [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      3 hours ago

      I used wave function as a bad form of shorthand for the general properties of the photon, such as the theoretically infinitely extending magnetic and electric fields. Those associated fields stop existing when the photon is absorbed onto a screen. They collapse faster than light can travel. This doesn’t ruin much of modern theories, because there doesn’t seem to be a way to transfer usable information through this phenomenon.

    • cartoon meme dog@lemm.ee
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      8 hours ago

      bro maybe once heard about phase velocity sometimes being ftl, but didn’t listen to the inevitable next part, that it’s the wave’s group velocity that matters.