Which universe are we in? (tossing tennis balls into spinning props)

[Peter Fairbrother]

> Optimizzin Al-gorithym wrote:

> At 03:21 PM 7/14/02 +0100, Ben Laurie wrote:
>> Eric Cordian wrote:
>>> Still, Nature abhors overcomplexification, and plain old quantum
> mechanics
>>> works just fine for predicting the results of experiments.
>> 
>> Oh yeah? So predict when this radioactive isotope will decay, if you
> please.
> 
> You mean "this particular *atom* will decay".
> 
> And while QM can't help you with a particular atom, it also doesn't say
> that its impossible that knowledge of internal states of the atom
> wouldn't help you predict its fragmentation.

Yes it does. 

Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. Ring a Bell?


-- Peter Fairbrother