A Conversation for Photoelectric Effect

Photoelectric effect

Post 21

Phil

But if you could solve Schrodinger's eqn for each particle in your body, would you then cease to know something else like where you were? (uncertainty could catch you out).
Can the priciple of superposition apply in the calculation? even so it would be hard work given the number of particles involved.
As to how probable you are, I think that you're quite probable smiley - smiley
I don't think that Turing test has been passed yet...

We don't "know" anything about anything, read some of what someone like Feynman has to say about it.


Photoelectric effect

Post 22

J'au-æmne

Turing test? what's that?
How can I cease to know something by performing a calculation? I'd need the energy states of all the particles, and their potetial fuctions, and I can't remember what else, but I suppose the equation has that sussed already... I can't go ahead and measure these things without killing myself, I guess... uncertainty gets me.


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