Re: Question about Quantum Mechanics
Issachar, on host 207.30.27.2
Monday, January 20, 2003, at 08:07:00
Re: Question about Quantum Mechanics posted by Dave on Monday, January 20, 2003, at 08:01:33:
> That being said, it is my understanding that the actual position of subatomic particles really *is* indeterminate. Here's what I mean. It is possible for a sub-atomic particle to cross a barrier without ever actually traversing the space occupied by that barrier. It simply stops existing on one side of the barrier and begins existing on the other side simultaneously. It is an effect called quantum tunneling, and is demonstrably "real".
That is Just Too Cool™.
> Of course, the unasked question is, is *this* effect in itself predictable, thus making it so when the particle goes *poof* and re-appears somewhere else, we at least have the ability, in theory, to know where it is still? That I can't answer at all, unfortunately. I want to say "no", but that's just a feeling right now.
That's okay; I now know a little more than I knew ten minutes ago. Thanks for the response.
Iss
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