To: kosta50; Alamo-Girl
No, [complementarities] are actually mutually exclusive (either-or). One wins, the other one loses. They eliminate each other. The "elimination" is entirely temporary, lasting only as long as the observed event.
I'm not sure you've grasped what Bohr meant WRT his theory of complementarity: "Even though the wave and the particle behavior of an object are mutually exclusive, we need both to completely understand its properties."
Must run away for now but will be back soon.
13,829 posted on
05/02/2007 8:59:29 AM PDT by
betty boop
("Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." -- A. Einstein.)
To: betty boop
I think you have identified the problem, dearest sister in Christ!
To: betty boop; Alamo-Girl
I'm not sure you've grasped what Bohr meant WRT his theory of complementarity: "Even though the wave and the particle behavior of an object are mutually exclusive, we need both to completely understand its properties" I understand what is being said, my contention is that we are using mathematical (man-made) boxes through which we can not "completely understand" the way Creation truly is no matter how many complementary "elements" (observational platforms) we create.
13,845 posted on
05/02/2007 9:07:33 PM PDT by
kosta50
(Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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