Sunday, August 13, 2006

Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle

The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle can be stated succinctly as:

The more precisely the POSITION is determined, the less precisely the MOMENTUM is known, and
the more precisely the MOMENTUM is determined, the less precisely the POSITION is known.

Does this have any implications towards interpretations of existing rules and the heisenberg uncertainty loops?  If so, should this be clarified, even though the current -intent- is to have HUL have no meaning until a proposal is accepted giving them meaning?

posted by epylar at 13 Aug 2006 17:41:01 UTC Comments (2)

Comments

Hix:

13-08-2006 18:59:43 UTC

Naw, we’re not really in any trouble just because we have a “useless” keyword in the Ruleset.  I don’t speak for everyone, but I’m quite confident that Travellers would not support any scam which relied on a real-world quantum mechanical interpretation of Heisenberg Loops, for example.

Kevan: he/him

14-08-2006 01:44:54 UTC

The glossary says that “A keyword defined by a rule supersedes the normal English usage of the word.” anyway.

Besides, the ruleset isn’t even clear about whether the Heisenberg Loops have anything to do with uncertainty principles - maybe they were just named after 47th century time traveller Lenny Heisenberg.