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Ep: 29 Ch 11 "The Multiverse" Part 5

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Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle

It follows from the laws of quontemphysics that for any fungible collection of instances aphysical object, some of their attributes must be diverse. This is known as the heisenberg uncertainty principle - after physicist werner heisenberg who deduced it from quantum theory. For an elementary particle like an electron, it doesn't have a super sharp position. It's not in particular place at any given time. So too is its speed. And by narrowing that x value, the delta xvalue, the possible positions where it can be, what we make uncertain is all the different ways in which it can have momentum and speed. That is what the uncertainty principle is about.

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