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Science

Xipe Totec

(44,551 posts) Sat Jan 11, 2020, 01:43 PM Jan 2020

If you want to appreciate Schrödinger's description of a particle as a wave, observe a fly in an enclosed space.

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You can't know the speed and the location of the fly simultaneously. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #1

You're talking about swatting flies at rest. Try swatting one in flight Xipe Totec Jan 2020 #3

I see. My bad. WheelWalker Jan 2020 #6

No, you just have to have the right tool. Igel Jan 2020 #7

You don't need no stinking tools if you're good Brother Buzz Jan 2020 #8