Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle. Why, exactly, can you not know both the velocity and position of a particle?

Question

Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle. Why, exactly, can you not know both the velocity and position of a particle?

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Answer 1

Because they’re also waves. They can’t have well defined position and well defined velocity simultaneously.

For example

If the wind is blowing over the ocean, it makes waves with a regular velocity, but it’s everywhere (no position)

If someone cannonballs into the ocean, you can tell where it happened, but it makes a splash rather than a normal wave.