Originally Posted By: Orac
I quite liked the idea of light as a probability wave that when I measured solidified to a particle .. see I know waves can go thru 2 slits at once but particles should only go through one.

Individual photons generate their own electrical and magnetic fields that travel along with the photon.

When the photon passes through one of the slits some of the accompanying em radiation passes through the other slit and when it emerges from that slit it interferes with the photon causing it to change direction.