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Scientists cast doubt on the uncertainty principle (2012)
- mathattack 13y agoCan any physicists comment on the article?
- officialjunk 13y agodone. i'm not a physicist by trade, but i did my university studies in physics.
- herbig 13y agoWhy does every article on that site say "Advertisement" at the top? Makes me skeptical of everything there.
- ithinkso 13y agohttp://quanta.ws/ojs/index.php/quanta/article/view/14 http://quanta.ws/ojs/index.php/quanta/article/view/14 Here is an explanation that weak measurements does not contradict the Heisenberg principle.
- officialjunk 13y agothe actual publication is a little less cryptic: http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v109/i10/e100404 http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v109/i10/e100404 basically, the uncertainty principle still stands. what is being questioned is the application of the uncertainty principle to describe the relationship between measurement and the disturbance it creates, which has never been proven, but is commonly taught as an application.
- mathattack 13y agoThanks! This makes some sense. It's basically saying that the uncertainty (if it still exists) is caused by something else than a disturbance from measurement?
- officialjunk 13y agoIt's not saying the uncertainty is from something else, but just the relationship of how much disturbance there is from a measurement is not fully understood and is not accurately described by the uncertainty principle.