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If exact location of an electron is known, can we predict future?

1 pointsby Hadditover 10 years ago
If the exact location of an electron is somehow known(with advent of technology ) , We can also predicts its location after nth time. That implies we can know the state of all electrons which constitute the matter. So can we predict future through that ? Is there any relevant work on it

3 comments

bcbrownover 10 years ago
No. Read up on the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. Knowing the exact location actually means we have precisely zero knowledge of its future location, because position and momentum are complementary variables.
arisAlexisover 10 years ago
this is a famous topic for having arguments. you either believe in determinism so that if you know all the variables and the laws (I am not talking about specific variables such as location etc but ALL of them and ALL the rules that govern them) then you can predict ALL of the future. Quantum mechanics add a random variable so that makes it impossible. Einstein was deeply troubled by this and his initial reaction to quantum mechanics was " I don't believe god plays dice) " but then changed his mind.
MichaelCrawfordover 10 years ago
The only way to find the location of any particle - including an electron - is to scatter another particle off of it. But by doing so, we disturb the electron. We'll know where it was when it scattered, but not where it goes.
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