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uncertainty

  1. Ivor the Engineer

    How do you handle probabilistic knowledge?

    No events in life have a probability of 0 or 1 of occurring. Statistical information is rarely available about us as individuals, so we have to rely on averages of groups and assume we share many of the significant characteristics of a particular group if we wish to use the data in our...
  2. FireGarden

    Does the uncertainty principle apply to "nothing"?

    I tried to use the UP in an argument on the origins of the universe -- the whole something from nothing question. The UP states that it's impossible to know everything about a system. For instance you cannot know the exact energy of a system at an exact moment. Which leads to virtual particles...
  3. G

    Uncertainty Principle Question

    Has me scratching my head... We cannot know both an object's velocity and position, I think. But I do know a photon is moving EXACTLY c, so how much does that knowledge make me lose about it's position? IOW, does the UP make photons unbelievably hard to locate? If not, why not? If so, what...
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