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Nah, tryna basically do the experiment that proved that the aether didn't exist, which is usually referred to as the Michelson-Morley experiment cuz they did the thing. Lasers would not cooperate at all, I spent more time fiddling with them than watching the damn match.
Well lasers need undivided attention because moving even micrometers results in loss of interference. Should have just watched the match lmao
Ey someone who knows what I'm talking about. We were trying to just fucking get the mirrors to align them in the first place and spent all 3 hours to get it to sort of work and get the interference fringes we needed, can't collect data til next time cuz of time constraints but we know how to do it now LMFAO
amazing how people did this in the fucking 19th century
Well for them, it was not a simple lab experiment. They spent years coming up with, designing and conducting the experiment. Also Michaelson and Morley were brilliant experimentalists so they managed even with the challenges of their time.
The fact that we are able to do it within one or two lab sessions shows how much both technology and our understanding of physics has progressed since then.
Oh yeah, absolutely. I'm so fucking impressed. But also damn it is such a pain, I so much prefer theory lol