Can we probe electrons with neutrinos to avoid the uncertainty principle?

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It is probably a silly question but I just wanted to clear it out...

Is the uncertainty principle valid for small particles because we can't find something less energetic/massive to probe the observables ... ?

For example if we find a way to probe let say electron firing neutrino at it (it is million times smaller), will this make the system describable by semi-classic formulas ...
OR uncertainty is valid no matter how small probe we get..
 
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mraptor said:
Is the uncertainty principle valid for small particles because we can't find something less energetic/massive to probe the observables ... ?

For example if we find a way to probe let say electron firing neutrino at it (it is million times smaller), will this make the system describable by semi-classic formulas ...
OR uncertainty is valid no matter how small probe we get..

Er... the HUP is also valid for something as big as a buckyball. "Size" has nothing to do with this. We can certainly find something smaller than a buckyball to probe it.

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mraptor said:
It is probably a silly question but I just wanted to clear it out...

Is the uncertainty principle valid for small particles because we can't find something less energetic/massive to probe the observables ... ?

For example if we find a way to probe let say electron firing neutrino at it (it is million times smaller), will this make the system describable by semi-classic formulas ...
OR uncertainty is valid no matter how small probe we get..

uncertainty has nothing to do with measurement ... it is fundamental to quanta