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Re: uncertainty principle



Hi all-
Once you accept the experimental evidence that beams of massive particles
are describable in wavelike language, then the uncertainty principle is a
trivial statement about Fourier transforms.
Regards,
Jack
On Mon, 22 Dec 2003, Larry Smith wrote:

I'm reading Lee Smolin's book "Three Roads to Quantum Gravity" and finding
it quite interesting. After trying to explain the uncertainty principle he
says on page 36:

"Perhaps this seems a bit abstract. It may also be hard to think about,
because the mind rebels: it is hard to work one's way through to the
logical consequences of a principle like the uncertainty principle when
one's first response is simply to disbelieve it. I myself do not really
believe it, and I do not think I am the only physicist who feels this way."


Physicists: how do you feel about it?

Larry


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"Don't push the river, it flows by itself"
Frederick Perls