From: david@edenroad.demon.co.uk   
      
   On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 08:36:46 +0000, Jingo. wrote:   
      
   >>> I've always held the belief that people and photons are more closely   
   >>> related   
   >>> than one might imagine... As has been clearly proven / demonstrated via   
   >>> the   
   >>> slit split experiments, photons behave differently *when they are being   
   >>> observed* than from when they are not being observed.   
   >   
   > Ah! Can anyone point to a layman's explanation of this "slit split"   
   > experiment? I am assuming is the same thing I saw on NOVA (or something   
   > similar) where it showed a blocked photon, registering as being blocked, but   
   > still "coming out" of the place it WOULD have been if it was not blocked.   
   > Anyone know about this? I've been looking for this to be explained or   
   > referenced, and I may even have the particulars wrong about what happened to   
   > the photon. Any help?   
   >   
   > Jingo.   
      
   You could start with the wikipedia article:   
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-slit_experiment   
      
   But it's not very detailed.   
      
   I would suggest that you search for "two-slit experiment", on Google,   
   there are about 9,000 hits, including this one:   
   http://www.anu.edu.au/physics/courses/Physics2000/schroedinger/two-slit2.html   
      
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