by Sahan » Thu Jul 19, 2012 8:06 am
Well I'm sure somebody could, if they really wanted to. But no.
Even at the macroscopic level, observables like position and momentum cannot both be determined precisely due to the Heisenberg Uncertainty principle, so it isn't truly deterministic. But at such a large scale, the uncertainty due to even the most precise of measurement devices is far greater than this quantum-level uncertainty, so it is effectively ignored.
Well I'm sure somebody could, if they really wanted to. But no.
[size=50]Even at the macroscopic level, observables like position and momentum cannot both be determined precisely due to the Heisenberg Uncertainty principle, so it isn't truly deterministic. But at such a large scale, the uncertainty due to even the most precise of measurement devices is far greater than this quantum-level uncertainty, so it is effectively ignored.[/size]