/sci/ - Science & Math

Aside from the fact that I think we're all sick of the Atheist thread spam that has been infecting /sci/ for a while, I have something I need to get off my chest.

I'm fucking pissed about the misuse of quantum mechanics, especially when it comes down to arguments against determinism.

Quantum Mechanics has nothing to do with "randomness".

In Essence:

1) How do we look at very small objects?
We use an electron microscope. Similar to sonar, it bounces electrons off the object, and reads the interference to create an image.

2) How do we look at an electron?
The electron microscope is essentially as much "zoom" as you can get. Attempting to use an electron microscope to see an electron is impossible, because it is too small to get any kind of interference back. We would simply be bombarding the electron we are attempting to see with more electrons. It is because of this that we cannot pinpoint an electron's location.

THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT AN ELECTRON ACTUALLY EXISTS AT ALL PLACES IN THE ELECTRON CLOUD.

THIS DOES NOT MEAN THE ELECTRON DOES NOT ADHERE TO THE CURRENT SYSTEM OF KNOWLEDGE THAT IS NUCLEAR PHYSICS.

THIS DOES NOT MEAN THE ELECTRON IS A RANDOM VARIABLE IN THE UNIVERSAL EQUATION.

Thank you.

Aside from the fact that I think we're all sick of the atheist thread spam that has been infecting /pol/ for a while, I have something I need to get off my chest.

I'm fucking pissed about the misuse of quantum mechanics, especially when it comes down to arguments against determinism.

Quantum Mechanics has nothing to do with "randomness".

In Essence:

1) How do we look at very small objects?
We use an electron microscope. Similar to sonar, it bounces electrons off the object, and reads the interference to create an image.

2) How do we look at an electron?
The electron microscope is essentially as much "zoom" as you can get. Attempting to use an electron microscope to see an electron is impossible, because it is too small to get any kind of interference back. We would simply be bombarding the electron we are attempting to see with more electrons. It is because of this that we cannot pinpoint an electron's location.

THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT AN ELECTRON ACTUALLY EXISTS AT ALL PLACES IN THE ELECTRON CLOUD.

THIS DOES NOT MEAN THE ELECTRON DOES NOT ADHERE TO THE CURRENT SYSTEM OF KNOWLEDGE THAT IS NUCLEAR PHYSICS.

THIS DOES NOT MEAN THE ELECTRON IS A RANDOM VARIABLE IN THE UNIVERSAL EQUATION.

Thank you.