well, the hacky sack can represent the photon, and the 2 paths it took to get behind the TV can represent the 2 slits in the screen.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfPeprQ7oGc

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-slit_experiment

@The Matrix: Rebooted, come on.

for one thing, every particle has wave properties, and vice versa. Duality is a central concept in Quantum Mechanics.

A hacky sack, like all matter, has wave/particle duality, it is just that the wave aspect is so small.

and it was a game of hacky sack, not an experiment.

and i didnt say the hacky sack was a photon, i said it represented one. and since it took 2 different routes to get to the same spot, i was reminded of Young’s experiment.

and i totally didnt take your post as a critique of my mad skills as a daddy, i took it as you misunderstanding me.

but you’re totally right in criticizing a parent that tries to use real life situations and to inspire a love & fascination with the universe in their 10 year olds.

and i think it is funny that you assume to know the level of understanding that someone you have never met has of the Quantum world.

ass.

of course the wave particles travel at the same time.

the example is not perfect, but it was just a thought i had at the time.

and you’re wrong about my grasp on QM. it was profound to me when i learned the quirky way subatomic particles work.