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Why is heisenberg's uncertainty principle insignificant for macroscopic objects?


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Heisenberg's uncertainty principle:

  1. According to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, it is impossible to precisely measure or calculate an object's position and momentum. This principle is based on matter's wave-particle duality.
  2. Heisenberg established the uncertainty principle. This rule applies only to microscopic objects and minuscule particles whose location and velocity change when photons strike them, which does not happen with macroscopic objects.

Explanation:

The uncertainty principle does not apply to macroscopic objects;

  1. Heisenberg established the rule of uncertainty.
  2. His rule applies only to microscopic objects, or minuscule particles whose location and velocity change when photons strike them, but we don't encounter microscopic bodies in everyday life; instead, we encounter macroscopic bodies.
  3. According to the concept of uncertainty for position and momentum, the position and momentum of a physical system cannot be assigned to precise simultaneous quantities. These values can instead only be evaluated using a set of unique "uncertainties" that cannot all be zero at the same time.

Thus, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle is insignificant for macroscopic objects.


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