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[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Oh I see I was overthinking it.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Though as far as I'm aware the patterns usually aren't that nuanced in reality.

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Do you mean that they are not as noisy?

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Huh. When looking at light interference patterns I always thought that they looked less noisy, especially when showing a spectrum.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Don't worry. You were both right and wrong until we observed it.