Is Light a Wave or a Particle? A Quantum Riddle

Shariq Ali Valueversity

For kids aged 8 to 80

🔦✨ Have you ever wondered about the true nature of light?
Is it like waves in water? 🌊
Or is it made of tiny particles, like fine pearls? ⚛️

🔬 Scientists conducted an experiment called the “Double Slit Experiment.”
When light was passed through two narrow slits:
If no one was observing, it behaved like a wave 🌈
But if it was being observed, it appeared as particles! 🔍⚪

😲 What kind of magic is this?
In reality, in the quantum world, things remain in a “state of possibility,” known as superposition, until someone observes them.

The moment we observe them, they assume a definite form. 🧠👁️

⚖️ This means:
The existence of reality depends on observation itself.

📸 So light is neither entirely a wave, nor entirely a particle.
It behaves according to how we choose to observe it.

🌌 And this isn’t just about light—it raises profound questions about the very nature of the universe:
Does reality exist only when it is observed?
Does our observation itself affect the existence of the universe? 🌍❓

🔭 Quantum physics teaches us this:
Our world is not as simple and straightforward as it seems.