Friday, March 25, 2016

Atom Theory vs Quantum Physics


This never really occurred to me until now, so maybe it does not categorize as a really important question, but, according to Quantum Mechanics, anything that is not observed exists as a probability until observed. So with that said, I would like to know if that theory has any any contradictions with atom theory. Atom theory is pretty straight forward but because you cannot see atoms on a macro or even a microscopic scale (only nano or smaller), how does that work with quantum physics. You cannot observe atoms with your eyes even if you're looking at something with mass, so does that mean (supposedly) that atoms are only probability until you can observe them with the proper equipment, even though on a smaller scale thats what the things you are observing are made up of?




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