What’s the underlying principle on why you can’t know the position and momentum of a particle at the same time? Is there an explanation? I don’t have any knowledge of calculus or the math behind anything so I’m asking here, thanks!
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So basically a big problem with Quantum physics is that there are a lot of things that cannot be accurately observed due to issues of scale. Note this is not the Heisenberg uncertainty but a different principle although it is technically the cause of it.
Because of this inability to know, the mainstream branch of quantum physics basically went “what if we just forget about even trying to figure out what is actually happening in physical reality and just focus on creating mathematical models to predict the outcomes that will occur from whatever is going on. ” The result is convenient, but also not very satisfying as it tends to provide all sorts of contradictions and excuses.
The Heisenberg uncertainty is basically just a side effect of the math that comes from this situation which limits the amount of information you can have about a particle or wave creating a level of uncertainty in any calculation.
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