- Oct 16, 2005
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So...most of what I want to say is in the title, it's just an idea I had while looking at a diagram. It showed a "particle" passing through a wave that was "detecting" it's position and velocity at the same time. Depending on the properties of the wave, those values had a set amount of uncertainty. That's basically the uncertainty principle. The particle can be anywhere along the wave.
What if they aren't detecting particles at all, but waves.
and I can extend this, but I'm really unsure if I understand string theory at ALL
what if they're detecting waves along strings?
We've had this idea of particles for so long and I it makes more sense than not, that they don't apply to physics today. Wouldn't we be able to explain the uncertainty principle if we defined particles as waves and completely abandon the idea of particles.
Of course, this is only one part of quantum mechanics so I'm not implying that we can explain it away with this...I'm not really sure where I'm going with this anyways.
What if they aren't detecting particles at all, but waves.
and I can extend this, but I'm really unsure if I understand string theory at ALL
what if they're detecting waves along strings?
We've had this idea of particles for so long and I it makes more sense than not, that they don't apply to physics today. Wouldn't we be able to explain the uncertainty principle if we defined particles as waves and completely abandon the idea of particles.
Of course, this is only one part of quantum mechanics so I'm not implying that we can explain it away with this...I'm not really sure where I'm going with this anyways.