3. Einstein/Bohr

3. In the famous Einstein/Bohr debate over the implications of quantum theory, who do you think won? Explain why and be sure to detail your answer with pertinent information related to quantum entanglement, the double-slit light experiment, and other strange factoids within physics. You don't have to side with either one, if you wish, and can present the pros and cons to each. However, you should really develop your essays and I would suggest including some new research that you can discover through a google search.

Albert Einstein wrote to Max Born, "you believe in the God who plays dice, and I in complete law and order in a world which objectively exists, and which I...am trying to capture."  Undoubtedly, Albert Einstein was a man who did not believe the univserse was run on indeterminacy. Bohr made a counter-argument saying that you can find out what kind of games God is playing in the dark by shining light on it. The argument was that by shining light on something, we will find the result, but in some of the instruments we use to shine light alter many ideas.

Double Slit Experiment

Einstein's Box

Albert Einstein, in order to prove people wrong, performed many various experiments against indeterminacy. He thought that uncertainty and probability could proven wrong by using the double-slit light experiment. This experiment demonstrated "that matter and energy can display characteristics of both waves and particles." This is how the experiment was run: a source of light was focused on a plate that had two parallel slits. As the light passes through the slits, they are disrupted, and the results are shone through a screen on the opposite. Einstein used this experiment to argue that this would not be possible if light was actually made up of just particles. Because it is nearly impossible to determine how the light is going to behave, his argument did not refute the Quantum Theory. Because Einstein failed to prove his point, it actually helped Bohr's point. 
At the Solvay Conference in 1930, in order to disprove uncertainty, Einstein came up with a new experiment. The experiment called "Einstein's box" showed that matter can be classified as a solidified energy and can actually measure it. As time went by, Bohr found a slight mistake in Einstein's experiment. Bohr was able to prove that the experiment would not be able to actually prove what Einstein intended it to prove. According to Andrea Lane, "the inevitable uncertainty of the position of the box translates into an uncertainty in the position of the pointer and of the determination of weight and therefore of energy." In the end, Einstein once again failed to prove his point and actually helped Bohr with supporting the principles of uncertainty.
Einstein and Bohr debated for many more years. Einstein continued to fail at proving his argument. All of his arguments that used experiments actually supported the very theory that he was trying to refute. Because Einstein did not have a solid proof of his argument, I can confidently say that Bohr won the debate.