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Darwin’s Dilemma: The Soul

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The most significant experiment revealing this interesting na-
ture of the sub-atomic particles was the double-slit experiment.
This was conducted to see how light and electrons both behave like
waves, and how they both manifest this surprising feature to the
same extent.
Thomas Young’s
double-slit experi-
ment was conduct-
Detector
ed in order to show
that light and elec-
Detected pattern
trons behave in a
wave form. If grains
of sand are blown
from a source and
passed through two
slits, then two equal
patterns will form
on the screen on the
other side. We ex-
Detector
pect the same result
when we do this
Detected pattern with electrons. But
this is not what
happens! Electrons
produce a pattern
on the screen simi-
lar to that formed
Filtered by waves. This is
proof that the elec-
trons comprising
atoms are not parti-
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Polarized cles.
light Detected pattern
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