Register | Sign In


Understanding through Discussion


EvC Forum active members: 59 (9164 total)
2 online now:
Newest Member: ChatGPT
Post Volume: Total: 916,920 Year: 4,177/9,624 Month: 1,048/974 Week: 7/368 Day: 7/11 Hour: 0/1


Thread  Details

Email This Thread
Newer Topic | Older Topic
  
Author Topic:   The Law Causality
Dr Jack
Member
Posts: 3514
From: Immigrant in the land of Deutsch
Joined: 07-14-2003
Member Rating: 9.2


Message 24 of 25 (61750)
10-20-2003 8:18 AM
Reply to: Message 23 by baileyr25
10-20-2003 4:59 AM


No, Bailey that is not so. Heisenberg's principle applies at all size scales. You cannot know the precise location and speed of a football anymore than an electron. Of course, for a football, the margin of inaccuracy is small compared to the size of the football.
Note also, that Heisenberg's is not a statement about what we can know, it's a statement about what is. An electron does not have a precise velocity, or location. Heisenberg's also extends to various other couplets, although I forget most of the examples, time and energy is one (hence Quantum Vacuum effects).

This message is a reply to:
 Message 23 by baileyr25, posted 10-20-2003 4:59 AM baileyr25 has not replied

  
Newer Topic | Older Topic
Jump to:


Copyright 2001-2023 by EvC Forum, All Rights Reserved

™ Version 4.2
Innovative software from Qwixotic © 2024