Recent content by Madi Araly

I recognize him, perhaps I've seen one of his videos before. I'll watch his lectures, thanks for the link!

As I said in a previous comment, that is clearly not my intent. I look up to these physicists more than anyone else, but I refuse to put clouded or blind faith in anything. After all, I wouldn't want to repeat Ancient Greece.

Will do. Yet I assume you can understand my hesitance... To compare, the reason I'm not religious is that I dislike simply having "faith" in matters, I prefer to observe it directly. I suppose I would compare it to how many (religious) people point towards events such as the survival of a...

Thank you for explaining this in a very clear, non-condescending manner. The chemistry aspect was something I pushed to the side and must have forgotten about, and I agree that it certainly doesn't make sense if explained from a classical perspective. I'm a little disappointed I overlooked...

I'll continue reading. I read the last response too quickly, saw commuting and somehow jumped to relativity.

Forgot about relativity... Looks like I'll be doing a lot more reading and contemplation. Thank you!

So then why are we incapable of measuring all three parts of the momentum? It's not possible to measure it multiple times and account for the variations in those measurements to gather an x, y, and z vector?

That's not necessarily what I'm referring to. I'm just wondering what the first thing was that made physicists think "huh, these particles are behaving as if they're in two positions at once". I need to verify that the double slit experiment, or something of a very similar nature, isn't the...

No haha that's not what I'm saying. I know it can't be done, but what I was trying to clarify was that if I had all 3 axis components at the same time, I would in turn be able to calculate its position. Now that I retype it, it becomes clear to me that this is the case.

But was the double slit experiment really the only reason this was theorized? Or was there something else that made physicists think particles could also behave as waves?

So theoretically, if I had all three axis components of a particle's angular momentum, I would know/be able to calculate its position at any given time and "break", for lack of a better term, the uncertainty principle. Correct?

Well, this is frustrating, but I'd rather be displeased and know the truth than live with an incorrect understanding. Thank you. :) Why is it that humans are so certain of this, though? Was it purely because of the double slit experiment and the calculations following it? The double slit...

I've been pre-occupied with Heisenberg's uncertainty principle for around four years now, and I've come to fabricate a lot of questions. The most pressing one, however, is as follows: To me, the uncertainty principle seems to reference our (relatively) poorly controlled methods to measure a...

Wow, I really wasn't expecting this detailed of a response, haha. Thanks to both of you guys! I wasn't aware of some of the concepts you mentioned during your debate, but I find them really interesting nonetheless. I agree with you here, this seems like a fair definition. It also accounts for...

Hi there, I was reading up on how planets are classified based on their size, but ran into a problem when I began to consider rogue celestial bodies. If a body has significant enough mass to maintain a hydrostatic equilibrium, yet doesn't orbit a star, I understand that it's classified as a...