Re: Universal Constants

> >   Energy: Energy units are based on performing a specific task. That
is,
> > a calorie is an amount of energy it takes to raise the temperature a
> > specific amount of water 1 degree at a specific altitude. As you can
see
> > there are many factors involved. If you base it on electron energy
> > states, Oscar's Razor comes into play. (Oscar's Razor states that
you
> > cannot tell both the energy state and position of an electron. This
is
> > because the act of observing an electron changes its state). Again,
> > scaling up from subatomic to newtonian level presents a problem. *It
may
> > be Oscam's Razor. My brain is fading now.

I believe Occam's Razor is a choice where you are quite literally 
damned if you do, damned if you don't. You are, I believe, referring 
to the inability to know the energy state and position of an electron 
at the same time which physics types call The Heisenberg Uncertainty 
Principle. (But I could be mistaken..... I slept through about half 
my Engineering Physics courses....)

 
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