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since you aren't aware of where it really is then in practice it's still just at one place
Nope , there is subtle difference
Suppose that you have a bouncing ball inside a box
You take a snap at some time intervals : t1,t2,t3.....tn
You plot the positions of the ball : p1,p2,p3....pn and you connect the points
You get a "path"
Consequently you can predict the position of the ball
Suppose you have an electron , inside a box
You dont get any "path" rather a sort of probability distribution
In other words
Suppose that at time tn the ball is in Pn
You repeat the measuring a fraction of time later : tn + dt
No real object can exceed the speed of light, consequently at time tn + dt the ball must be inside a sphere with center in Pn and radius <= c*dt
You measure and you find the ball inside the sphere
Again , repeat the test with an electron
You can find the electron even outside the sphere
What conclusion can be drawn ?
Either the electron can travel at a speed higher than the speed of light or :
If you dont "see" the electron , the electron is a wave.
It is everywhere inside the box
If you try to spot the electron, you make it turn( collapse) into a small ball
It seems absurd but nobody has still found a better explanation
Last edited by AlbertoT; 09/07/07 18:11.
