A few questions hit me while falling asleep last night:
1) in the case of the "observer", i guess this is a basic electron detector. But does the interference pattern dissapear if the detector is in place, but not powered "on"? What about if the detector is deffective, say a few random chips were damaged.. so it's on and trying to detect but does not have the ability to give an accurate reading?
2) can we do an experiment at home with a flashlight or $10 handheld lazer or anything not a million dollars that might at least hint at the duality of light?
3) What exactly is a "quanta", is that a unit of measurement, ie the smallest possible variation of position?
4) OK, so the double slit demonstrates something weird about the nature of matter, has anyone proposed it's relation or relevence to the nature of time?
5) Why can almost everything in the world be split in half at some angle in order to become two almost identical units? From splitting myself down the middle, to a fruit, to a car, to a chicken, to an ipod, to a pc, to a chair.... everything is balanced. I know it's unrelated and probably best asked of the almighty, but does anyone propose why this is?
Bonus Question:
Why am i more interested in this than the job my boss is paying me to be doing right now?