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To: Charles H. (The_r0nin)
Does this sharpe view of a here-to-fore blurry universe take into consideration Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle? What very little I know of (and that could be a complete misunderstanding) this Principle: that in the quantum realm, the mere act of observation changes the nature of that which is observed.
158 posted on 03/29/2003 12:08:37 PM PST by AmericanPhoenix911
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To: AmericanPhoenix911
Does this sharpe view of a here-to-fore blurry universe take into consideration Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle?

Actually, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle is best understood as a mathematical limit: you cannot measure the position of a particle and the momentum to a degree where the product of the uncertainty of the particle's position and the uncertainty of the particle's momentum is less than Planck's constant. So if the effect you are looking for is greater than Planck's constant, the equation does not apply. But I'm not sure how this equation relates to the article. Dealing with general non-mathematical restatements of fundamentally mathematical equations always leads to trouble...

168 posted on 03/29/2003 1:33:48 PM PST by Charles H. (The_r0nin) (Physicists do it with force and energy!)
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