We learned last week that all matter has wavelike properties that are only noticed for moving objects with extremely small mass. This means that we ourselves have some incredibly small wavelength and a frequency, but what does this mean in real terms? What do our waves emit? What effect could they possibly have on the world (given a theoretical scenario in which our wavelike properties are measurable)? And does our specific wavelength/frequency lead us to situations in which we are in phase or out of phase with other people/things/waves in the world?
People tend to talk about being on the same wavelength or resonating at the same frequency in colloquial terms, but I never realized there could possibly be some truth to it.
What does it mean to say we have wavelike properties?
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Re: What does it mean to say we have wavelike properties?
We do give off wavelengths, but it is not noticeable on the world around us and is very minimal in effect on anything.
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Re: What does it mean to say we have wavelike properties?
Yeah to add on to what Connor said, there was an example from lecture where the wavelength of a car was somewhere along the lines of 10^-36 m, which is extremely small and would not be able to be recognized by passengers or even really good measurement equipment. Basically, wavelengths like that are so small that they are basically negligible from our level of perception.
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Re: What does it mean to say we have wavelike properties?
Like everyone else said, the effects of the wavelike behavior is not really perceivable. I guess going off what we have learned about electron ejection, the fact that the wavelength are so small, as Miranda said, means that they don't really have the energy to cause any sort of interference with its surroundings, which might contribute to our inability to perceive the wavelike properties.
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