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To: Secret_Agent_Man who wrote (51347)6/14/2009 7:34:18 PM
From: ScatterShot  Read Replies (6) of 219862
 
Close. Really close. Actually it's velocity, as noted by a vector indicating direction instead of momentum. That's OK, you get a passing grade, as it's an easily confused terminology. Momentum has to do with mass and velocity, not just velocity.

Strictly stated, you can know with absolute certainty the position of a particle and absolutely nothing about its velocity. Or you can know with absolute certainty its velocity and nothing about its position. Or you can be 50% sure about both. But not 100% sure about both.

Distilled down to simple English, the more accurately you try to measure something, the more you disturb the something being measured.

Visualize a set of calipers checking the diameter of a part. The force of the caliper, acting like a c-clamp, compresses the part and gives a false reading.

On a quantum level of course.
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