Warp wrote:
>   I think that the vernacular interpretation is that the single photon
> traverses as a wavefront and interferes with itself when it passes through
> both slits at the same time.

Well, not really. The basic problem is people calling it an "interference 
pattern" to start with. It's not really "interference" as such, since 
there's only one particle. Calling it "interference" just encourages people 
to go looking for what wave is causing the interference.

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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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   much longer being almost empty than almost full.

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