The “uncertainty principle” is a mis-translation (2014)

Re:The “uncertainty principle” is a mis-translation (2014) by tgb on Friday May 20, 2016 @01:34PM (#11739791)

I have encountered people, in person, that spout new-agey nonsense based largely on the word "uncertainty" in this uncertainty principle. I'm sure they would latch onto other things were it not there, but this definitely feeds into that stuff.

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Re:The “uncertainty principle” is a mis-translation (2014) by acqq on Friday May 20, 2016 @01:49PM (#11739935)

Yes, "unsharp" or "the principle of non-sharpness" or something like that, inspired by some German terms used, would be much less prone to misunderstandings and myths. "It's not sharp, but it's OK." Can't be reduced to "stupid scientists are so uncertain."

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Re:The “uncertainty principle” is a mis-translation (2014) by eternalban on Friday May 20, 2016 @04:06PM (#11741045)

> new-agey nonsense

One of these hippie types went so overboard that he even made a "hand wavy" coat of arms to go along with his lateral comments about Buddha and Laotze [1] and question our very ability to fully comprehend an objective reality.

[1]: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Co...

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Re:The “uncertainty principle” is a mis-translation (2014) by EnFinlay on Friday May 20, 2016 @01:42PM (#11739866)

Unwinnable battle, that one.

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Re:The “uncertainty principle” is a mis-translation (2014) by Manishearth on Friday May 20, 2016 @11:45PM (#11743103)

new agey nonsense comes out of every popsciification of physics, this isn't new. Its also still a minor thing IMO.

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