The Future Affects The Past? Welcome To The Quantum Universe
Friday, February 13, 2015 - 18:20
in Physics & Chemistry
Suppose we we tell you everything quantum mechanics can tell you about a quantum particle; what do you really know? Unfortunately, you still cannot predict with certainty the outcome of a simple experiment to measure its state. All quantum mechanics can offer are statistical probabilities for possible results.This indeterminacy is not a defect, it's a defining feature of its undefined nature. The particle's state is not merely unknown, but truly undefined before it is measured. The act of measurement itself forces the particle to collapse to a definite state. read more