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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: a reflection on ESEA
Heisenberg's principle doesn't deal with distortion. It deals with uncertainty. You can't know velocity and position of an electron simultaneously. By the time you measure velocity, the electron has moved on. In order to measure position, you have to stop the electron, leaving it with no velocity. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Art Burke" <aburke@VANSD.ORG> To: <ARN-L@LISTS.CUA.EDU> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 10:25 AM Subject: Re: a reflection on ESEA >>> kber@EARTHLINK.NET 03/13 7:35 PM >>> ... But then answer Madelbrot's question, how long is the coast of England? ________________________ Just long enough to go around the whole island. ...And cannot we say with heisenberg that there mere attempt to measure by its very action in some way distorts that we measure ____________ Yes, at a quantum level. Art -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU.
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