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To: chronic_loser
...It is safer to say with Heisenberg that we disturb stuff simply by observing it ...

That isn't exactly what Heisenberg said. The dispersion relations hold even if the "observer" isn't sentinent; maybe it's only a crystal. There are also observations that don't disturb the object.

626 posted on 12/08/2005 8:21:04 PM PST by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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To: Doctor Stochastic
There are also observations that don't disturb the object.

OK, I'll bite. Like when Schrödinger's Cat looks at it?

Seriously, though, I've imbibed some Pumpkin Ale (left over from Thanksgiving) and it's slowed my recall. Examples of this on a quantum scale object?

773 posted on 12/09/2005 8:09:06 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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