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To: Secret_Agent_Man who wrote (51347)	6/14/2009 7:04:08 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 219845

<<The more precise the position, the less precise the momentum>> had dvdw meant the principle to be applied to gold, which be webster's take Message 25714873 <<SELL GOLD Monday AM premarket>>, it would mean webster has misunderstood dvdw, i suppose, because we certainly know gold's spot price and its mass, and by heisenberg's principle, we must be less sure of the velocity (momentum/mass = velocity = speed and direction) otoh, webster's call to sell gold, on monday am pre market yet, would mean he thinks he knows the direction AND speed of gold price, and that can only mean he is less sure of gold's mass and spot price? or something like that ;0)

To: Secret_Agent_Man who wrote (51347)	6/14/2009 7:34:18 PM
From: ScatterShot	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 219845

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.