Page 37 - Darwin's Dilemma: The Soul

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

In order to gain a better understanding of the subject, as-
sume that this experiment was conducted with grains of sand
rather than electrons.
First, bring a source of sand grains, such as a sand-blower, be-
hind a wall. Let there be two slits in the wall. And let there be on
the other side of the wall a screen to detect the particles passing
through these slits. Each sand grain impelled by the blower travels
through one slit and strikes the screen.
Once a large number of grains have passed through the slits
and hit the screen, we see that two clusters of points have appeared
on the screen; one made up of grains passing through the first slit,
and the other of those passing through the second. Events have
transpired as we expected.
Now, imagine that we have conducted a similar experiment in
a different way. Let us fill the experimental environment between
the source and the screen with a pool of water, and use a vibrating
object instead of the source of sand particles. This object sets the
water in motion and continuously generates waves, spreading in
all directions.
Unlike grains of sand, these waves are not localized in space.
They are spread throughout the whole pool. As a result, the waves
passing through both slits simultaneously spread out, encounter
one another and interfere with each other.
When the crest of one wave combines with the trough of an-
other, they neutralize each other. The wave effect disappears, leav-
ing nothing. This interference is a basic characteristic of waves.
When the experiment was performed with electrons, instead
of a cluster of particles striking the screen—as with the sand
grains—the electrons were observed to interfere with one anoth-
er. The expected result failed to occur if the electrons were re-
garded as particles only. Therefore, since the electrons displayed

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