Re: [Corpora-List] QM analogy and grammatical incompleteness

From: John F. Sowa (sowa@bestweb.net)
Date: Mon Dec 19 2005 - 07:42:44 MET

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    Rob,

    The uncertainty principle is a quantum mechanical
    result. It has nothing to do with relativity.
    It holds equally well for Schrödinger's equation
    (which is nonrelativistic) and for Dirac's later
    relativistic version.

    > If the speed of light were infinite would this still
    > result in an Uncertainty Principle?

    Yes.

    In any case, I believe that the analogy with QM is
    about as useful as most analogies: it might suggest
    some new ideas, but if you push it too hard, it tends
    to break down in the details.

    John

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