Why is the quantum world chaotic? Why we cannot describe it with certainty? Why is it uncertain? I agree with Albert Einstein that good does not play dice with the universe. So please explain why is it chaotic… and if you mention something about string theory or the theory of everything in your answers please explain.
Thank you…
2006-10-30 17:57:27 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Chaos, like the speed of light, is relative to the observer. Heisenberg did not say the quantum world was uncertain, he stated that our observation of it has inherent uncertainties.
"In quantum physics, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle or the Heisenberg indeterminacy principle — the latter name given to it by Niels Bohr — states that when measuring conjugate quantities, which are pairs of observables of a single elementary particle, increasing the accuracy of the measurement of one quantity increases the uncertainty of the simultaneous measurement of the other quantity. The most familiar of these pairs is the position and momentum."
2006-10-30 19:38:41 · answer #1 · answered by Helmut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Nuff; I personally feel, with absolutely no scientific proof, that each and every decision we make every day presents an opportunity for an alternate ( or parallel universe). I subscribe to the Robert A. Heinlein theory, Probably before your time but, a great fiction writer. Try "The Number Of The Beast" or "Stranger In A Strange Land"Good light fun reads. But time is a serious subject, and one I'm afraid I have very fixed notions upon. As I believe God created it,and holds it until, as you might say the time is right, and man must go forward only, living each moment to the fullest, as there is no going back. "The past is history, the future a mystery, we can only live in the now." But to punch a hole into an alternate universe, will probably happen one day, what happens next? Well that will be a whole different universe again. LOL Have fun with this one! Bob
2016-05-22 14:36:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many experiments in QM showed only probability can be calculated. Events like decay of radioactive atoms and many others. There are events at subatomic scale scientists could only predict its probability. Argument is that QM demonstrate that the nature is inherently unpredictable and argument against that is you can make prediction with absolute certainty, but you're missing some information or knowledge requred to do so and that unified theory will provide that missing info or unknown.
2006-10-30 18:29:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
OK. So neither you nor Einstein like quantum mechanics. So what? If you actually believe that a 'God' created the Universe, than are you so unbelievably egotistical as to think that *you* know more about how the Universe should work than the 'God' you believe (or whoever or whatever) created the Universe in the first place?
At the Planck scale, the Universe is chaotic. Deal with it or learn how to say, "Thank you for your order, Sir. Please drive to the next window." ☺
Doug
2006-10-30 18:12:30 · answer #4 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Quantum mechanics suggests that each and every one of us creates our own reality. With that said, the universe is only chaotic if you BELIEVE it is chaotic. The quantum realm can be an incredibly organised entity if you structure it in a way in which it is organised. Ciao!
-C
2006-10-30 18:07:02 · answer #5 · answered by Carson 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Albert's bigest question was if God exists. I belive he got an answer by now. This is a smple principel. It sais that we can not find where the particles are exactly and to know what they will do next. You can find within a certain range. And you can also make prediction. But prediction is not good for a smal number of particels, only for many of them.
2006-10-30 19:58:46 · answer #6 · answered by aristidetraian 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well nothing is really ''there'' unless it's being observed. what is an atom, mostly? empty space. so when you look at your hand, yes, it's your hand, but it's comprised mostly of empty space. it's ''digital,'' not ''analog.'' everything is relative to the observer. speed, mass, light, and time. hubble's law, or the red shift, is actually quantised, meaning it's shifted in big leaps. this has gone to prove, among other considerations that the speed of light is not only slowing down from its present speed, but that it also used to be somewehre around 2.45 by ten to the tenth times faster than it is now. meaning radioactive decay used to be much faster as well. yes, 16 billion years old is the age of the universe, but that doesn't say much when our measuring devices of that time have not been constant.
2006-10-30 18:14:57 · answer #7 · answered by phtokhos 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If anyone could answer that I am sure they would be up for a nobel! I DO have my own theory and as soon as I find away to present it so I get the credit........
2006-10-30 18:02:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Einstein also sead, Those of us that know Physics, Know that there is no god(good).He was a confirmed Atheist.
2006-10-30 19:21:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
first u know about thory of everything,which is the first step of string theory,
2006-10-30 18:04:23 · answer #10 · answered by Naddi S 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋