Aug 24 2010, 12:43 AM
QUOTE(mrsmile @ Aug 22 2010, 08:26 PM)
I've read from a lot of sources regarding Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. I believe it is somewhat related to Schrodinger's cat.(why is that the assumption is that the cat is both 'alive AND dead', and not 'alive OR dead'?) But I do not understand the 2 theories.
I think we should start with "...the 2 theories". Technically the uncertainty principle is what it's defined, i.e a 'principle', and Schrodinger's Cat is a 'paradox' or more correctly one of Erwin Schrodinger's more famous 'thought experiment' -a simple google search should clear these confusions.
I'd like to write more of Uncertainty Principle & Schrodinger's Cat, but my Quantum Mechanics is very rusty, need to read up first
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Could someone explain these to me as well as how electron location cannot be pinpoint. (does this also mean a single electron can be in more than one place at one time?) Why is it that the observation or measurement itself affects an outcome, so that the outcome as such does not exist unless the measurement is made?
I would really appreciate an answer to these matter. Thank you very much. Smile
Very loaded questions and quite hard to explain in layman's terms. I'll try to get back to this discussion after I read my old lecture notes (no promises hahah)I would really appreciate an answer to these matter. Thank you very much. Smile
p/s sakaic's explanation is a good starting point to understand the uncertainty principle
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