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SamRoss
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- Can you really not measure the position and momentum of a particle simultaneously or is it just that there is uncertainty in what you will get?
The uncertainty principle tells us that there is no state that a particle can be in such that we can predict with certainty both what the result of a position measurement will be and what the result of a momentum measurement will be. This statement is not the same as saying we can't measure the position and momentum of a particle at the same time. The latter statement is often repeated. Is it correct?