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John Murph
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Aotearoa: Creating VR simulations based on William Duane's model of quantum scattering, and its later integration with quantum theory by Carolyne Van Vliet almost 90 years later.
Thanks for checking. It seems to be geolocked.
January 1, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Sadly, tt doesn't seem to be accessible outside the UK.
December 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
In light of Van Vliet's work, the classical/quantum divide masks a drastic a priori simplification in the wavefunction approach to the double slit, which utilises a statistical average of the quantum interactions of matter with the screen to yield an analytic solution but forces a statistical result
December 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM
William Duane's 1923 quantum scattering model challenges the particle paradigm because it doesn't involve incident particles undergoing classical wave diffraction. Carolyne Van Vliet derived from contemporary quantum theory by treating the slit screen as undergoing a distributed, quantum interaction
December 30, 2025 at 10:23 AM
A fantastic explanation of this experiment was obscured when Niels Bohr's dismissal of the photon played into the hands of those preoccupied with suppressing Einstein's brilliance.
October 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Van Vliet's work yields an accurate model of molecular diffraction by considering the scattering object as a distributed quantum entity interacting with a free particle. Note that in free space, QM probability distributions evolve in a way that is mathematically equivalent to ballistic diffusion.
October 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
In 1967 Carolyne Van Vliet showed that Duane's model of quantum scattering of electrons/photons by periodic gratings and crystals could be derived from quantum theory by treating the array of scatterers as a quantum object. The clip shows a VR simulation of Duane's rule.
somniumspace.com/world/4182
October 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Carolyne Van Vliet's insight cuts through Everett and Bohr's word salads. Her straightforward development of Duane's model of quantum scattering shows how treating the scattering object as a quantum system could make the narrow set of popular quantum interpretations redundant.
October 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
When we try to solve the 'measurement problem' with ad hoc measures like 'wavefunction collapse' or 'many worlds', we miss that the 'problem' may stemfrom assuming we can treat the scattering object as a statistical average of its internal quantum states and interactions.
October 14, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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May 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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