2ND CRITICISM:
Wave simulation website: https://www.falstad.com/ripple/
Paper about the single photon at a time version of the experiment: https://pubs.aip.org/aapt/ajp/article...
https://pubs.aip.org/aapt/ajp/article/84/9/671/1057864/Video-recording-true-single-photon-double-slit
1ST CONJECTURE:
"seeing" is a physical interaction between who observes and what is seen.
to observe a particle (like an electron), you must bounce something off it—usually a photon.
because quantum particles are so small, the energy of the "probe" photon is enough to knock the particle out of its original path.
we trade knowing the particle's wave-like path for knowing its exact position.
Collapse: Observation forces the universe to provide a single, definite answer. The cloud of possibilities "collapses" into one specific point. Or is it the limit of observation itself and its necessity to pick one state?
Wheeler: The universe is an "information processing" system. By observing, you ask a specific "Yes/No" question. The universe must then generate a "Bit" of data to answer you, turning "smoke" (possibility) into "it" (reality).
CTMU: Observation is a syntactic operator. It is the moment the universe's internal "language" (syntax) resolves an ambiguity into a specific "state." If the universe didn't collapse the wave, it would contain a logical contradiction.
| Perspective | Why it changes |
| Standard Physics | Interaction with the measuring device (decoherence). |
| Wheeler | The observer "closes the loop" of information. |
| CTMU | The universe resolves a logical ambiguity to maintain consistency. |