The Double Slit Experiment and the Conscious Observer
This video explores the popular claim that consciousness collapses the wavefunction in a double-slit experiment. I examine the theoretical assumptions behind this idea and explain why such interpretations often misrepresent both quantum physics and optical interference.
Topics include: the von Neumann–Wigner interpretation, observer bias, fringe formation in double-slit diffraction, and critical perspectives on mind–matter hypotheses.
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Sections:
00:00 Wavefunction collapse by consciousness. The hypothesis
01:25 A denounced hypothesis
01:57 Quantum Mechanics needs no consciousness
04:40 Sir Roger Penrose on consciousness and physical reality
05:40 Corroborating views on consciousness and the double slit experiment
06:21 Claims for observer-collapse-of-wavefunction-evidence in double-slit experiment
06:37 How to test collapse of photon wavefunction in the double-slit experiment
08:57 The double-slit experimental setup
09:52 The digital camera in the experimental setup. Inaccurate data
10:49 Diffraction Pattern Physics
12:59 Applying standard physics to the reviewed experimental setup in 2012
13:46 A simulation of the reviewed diffraction pattern
14:25 The Diffraction pattern is inconsistent with the reported experimental parameters
15:44 The double-slit-to-camera distance estimate directly from the reported diffraction pattern
17:32 Conflict between reported experimental setup parameters and experimental results
17:48 A table of expected fringe separations for various camera-to-double-slit distances
18:33 Defining the variable that observes possible collapse of photon wavefunction
19:03 Fringe visibility parameter, V
20:04 Measuring parameter, V, on the reported diffraction pattern
20:47 Measuring parameter, V, on the reported Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) power spectrum
23:58 The reported FFT peak frequency and the diffraction pattern are in disagreement
24:35 The reported FFT power spectrum appears deliberately shifted by one frequency unit
25:09 The shifted FFT spectrum renders false evidence of photon wavefunction collapse
26:19 Bringing the FFT spectrum to its proper position restores all reported inconsistencies
26:47 Additional proof that the unshifted FFT spectrum is at its correct position
27:04 Spectrum shifts up to one unit can potentially produce plenty of artificial evidence
29:32 Summary of my review. The weaknesses of the experimental setup and reported graphs
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By Fotini Pallikari
