Re: quantum mechanics of small objects

[cliff parker <cparker@CHARTER.NET>]

Cliff Parker

Never express yourself more clearly than you can think.  Niels Bohr
----- Original Message -----
From: "John S. Denker" <jsd@MONMOUTH.COM>
To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: quantum mechanics of small objects


> At 04:04 PM 5/23/01 -0500, cliff parker wrote:
> > Wouldn't the infinitely small volume of the singularity of a black hole
> > require the position of any object that is part of that black hole to
have a
> > fixed and known position?
>
> No.
>
> Compare:
>  -- Knowing _where_ something is, and
>  -- Knowing _how big_ it is.
>
> Those are just completely different concepts.

I think I get your point.  Lets see.  If I know a hydrogen atom has entered
the singularity of a black hole I know it is in that singularity but I still
do not know precisely where the singularity is located and therefore I do
not know where the hydrogen atom is located.