Sentences with phrase «uncertainty principle means»

Equally striking, if less well known, are the so - called squeezed quantum states: Normally, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle means that one can not measure the values of certain pairs of physical quantities, such as the position and velocity of a quantum particle, with arbitrary precision.

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Indeed, this is the essential meaning of the uncertainty principle.

7) On 28 August, we revealed that the fuzziness of the quantum world, as enshrined in Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, is actually due to: a) uncertainty about the initial conditions of the universe in the big bang b) uncertainty about the true depth of the world debt crisis c) uncertainty about which among the infinitely many copies of you within the multiverse that you personally are d) uncertainty about what quantum mechanics actually means

It's correct to take the precautionary principle into account in the estimate of the damages giving more weight to the unfavorable outcomes than to the favorable, but the uncertainties in the efficiency of the mitigating measures should be also taken into account and taken them into account means that the correct level of tax is lower than it would be without this uncertainty.

As is, the huge uncertainty about aerosols means that in principle net human impact on climate could have always netted out to something close to zero with most of the temperature change due to natural trends.

Although there remains (perhaps inevitably) considerable uncertainty as to the application of the principles in any particular case, there is no doubt that there is a growing willingness to grant PCOs to claimants with limited means challenging decisions of public bodies.