> Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle is basically that you can't measure the
> exact location of an electron in orbit around an atom, 99.99% of the time
> it will be where expected but the other .01% it will be anywhere else in
the
> universe. You can measure the position, but instantly afterward there is
no
> guarantee that it is still in the orbit that you found it in.
Close. When measuring small particles, there is always uncertainty when
measuring the location and velocity. This is because on small particles,
the observation of these properties disturbs the particle, which changes the
properties.
You're correct in your mention of probabilites though. And this allows for
some interesting experiments, such as light passing through opaque
materials. If you take things further, and accept parallel universes that
are just different expressions of probability, it gives a quantum mechanics
explanation for things like ghost sightings. Physicists are really messed
up..... :-)
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