(March 31, 2014 at 11:39 am)rasetsu Wrote:(March 30, 2014 at 6:56 pm)archangle Wrote: They can't measure its location because the particle they use to "measure" is close enough in size to the measrued particle that they can go anywhere when the hit eachother. Like trying to throw a stream of baseballs to find another baseball.
But if you use a auto bb gun to "see" a truck. You would know exactly where it is and where it is going.
Wikipedia Wrote:Historically, the uncertainty principle has been confused with a somewhat similar effect in physics, called the observer effect, which notes that measurements of certain systems cannot be made without affecting the systems. Heisenberg offered such an observer effect at the quantum level (see below) as a physical "explanation" of quantum uncertainty. It has since become clear, however, that the uncertainty principle is inherent in the properties of all wave-like systems, and that it arises in quantum mechanics simply due to the matter wave nature of all quantum objects. Thus, the uncertainty principle actually states a fundamental property of quantum systems, and is not a statement about the observational success of current technology.
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delta is not change in. It is uncertainty in T and P because of waving.
The assumption is that to "see" we use photons. To get a small wavelengh to "see" electron we are forced to use high energy.
Why let facts get in the way of opinions anyway.