In a message dated 11/1/08 10:59:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> "Generally, quantum mechanics does not > assign definite values to observables. Instead, it makes predictions about; > probablility distributions that is, the probability of obtaining each of the > possible outcomes from measuring an observable." > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics > > "As I understand Quantum Mechanics, the best description we are able to > make (statement of fact) about some kinds of events is, even in theory, a > proposition in the form of a probability." > It's possible to make too much of this. Which is to say it's less a comment about the "thing/event" than it is about its observability/measurability. "How many guerrillas in that forest?" "Depends on when. And certainly if we go looking for them to count them, the very action of our search will guarantee a change in the number as we're searching." Heisenberg's venerable "uncertainty principle" is right now under some intense skeptical scrutiny by physicists and philosophers of science. ************** Plan your next getaway with AOL Travel. Check out Today's Hot 5 Travel Deals! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212416248x1200771803/aol?redir=http://travel.aol.com/discount-travel?ncid=emlcntustrav00000001)
