What is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle: Explained in Simple Words

Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle says that if we know everything about where a particle is located, we know nothing about its momentum. Conversely, if we know everything about its momentum, then we know nothing about where the particle is located. In other words, this principle means that we cannot measure the position and momentum of a particle with absolute precision or certainty.
But waves, as you know, don’t exist in one specific place. However, you can certainly identify and measure specific characteristics of a wave pattern as a whole, most notably, its wavelength, which is the distance between two consecutive crests or troughs. Particles that are as small or even smaller than atoms have large enough wavelengths to be detected, and can therefore be measured in experiments.
Thus, if we have a wave whose wavelength and momentum can be measured accurately, then it’s impossible to measure its specific position. Conversely, if we know the position of a particle with high certainty, then we cannot accurately determine its momentum. This is what Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle is all about.

Intro - 0:00
Position and momentum estimation of microscopic objects: 0:33
Heisenberg uncertainty principle - 2:10
Wave particle duality - 3:03

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[bradenwhite]

As soon as I read "Heisenberg" in my textbook I thought of Walter White, and the fact that this video had such an animation is comical.

[kingrobert]

‘I am both the one who knocks and the one who doesn’t knock.’

[akamahmad]

Loved that breaking bad scenes, thanks!

[derinden]

" ..Who are you talking to right now ?. You clearly don't know who you are talking to. I am not in danger. I am the danger. A guy opens his door and gets shot and you think that of me ?. No. I am the one who knocks..." American Heisenberg

[coconutcarl]

The principle is the one who knocks. simple as that

[ansarishadman]

We all know the heisenberg portrayed in this video :D

[kagannasuhbeyoglu]

Heisenberg in Breaking Bad and real Heisenberg.
Very nice👍

[Anonymous-kwls]

1:54
Idk why, but it made me laugh 😂😂.

[amharicmusic]

Simplest, nicest way of explanation for me to comprehend.

[ssalunke]

Amazing video, I love both the Heisenbergs!!!

[greenbeagle]

The "self-five" cracked me up... Love the video and easy to understand. New Sub, Notifications turned ON... 😊😊🧡🧡

[MRCAB]

Thanks. Been through a lot of videos and this was the one that helped explain it best

[domcasmurro]

Its not becsuse we bounce a photon in the electron. Its because a specific position and speed of the particle do not exist.

[sanjayprajapati]

Thanks for comprehensive and cognitive explanations💮

[cpetty]

Great video but you only highlighted the quantum mechanical implications and left out perhaps the biggest key to understanding this principle intuitively which is the relativistic implications. Not only does the energy of the photon affect the particle you’re attempting to measure but it also warps the literal fabric of space surrounding the particle. So much to the point that if you tried to measure something the size of a Planck length the energy of the photon required would exceed the Schwarzschild radius, collapsing in on its own energy into a black hole.

[abeautifulmindispoetrydefi]

It's not that we're chasing down a physical impossibility here, we are still learning about our world and what part quantum mechanics actually plays in it. For me I've had to scrub that Schrodinger's Cat is no longer theoretically correct anymore and needs to be rewritten. At the time of Schrodinger, the Universe is all that we knew, but now that has changed, which therefore means that Schrodinger's Cat theory has changed as well.

If we now have to accept the "Multiverse" then logically we would have to re-write, both Schrodinger's Cat' and "Super Position" because it would automatically point us towards "Hyper Position" of which no one has written any rules about. Aside from me who I know has coined the new phrase. Hyper Position has to exist based on the Multiverse, being more than one universe, in any given position. We would also have to add ten to the power of infinity for the multiverse to make any sense, and with that given it then changes our understanding of "Super Position" to allow us to go up another level to "Hyper Position" which might have far more levels that we've yet to discover in our understanding of Quantum Mechanics which for us is still a relatively new concept.

Having said that it does propose that all may not be lost in terms of giving up anything here, but a theoretical adjustment that would allow us to embrace "Hyper Position" which is obviously the next level up even though it's not been thought of as far as I'm aware.

My other gut instincts is that Hyper Position ticks all the boxes when we bring in wave function, and allows not just duality relative to Super Position alone, but takes us up a level to hyper which will throw us into the dark so to speak again. In terms of incremental steps mega position would have it's place but beyond that hyper would be up there on the list. Maybe I just missed a step, and it's that simple or obvious.

[IkramKhan-rkht]

It's a wrong idea that the uncertainty in positioning is due to collision with photons.

[kichigan]

Walter White and Jessy inspiring me to learn more about Chemistry.

[krisyoung]

Could I use quantum mechanics to deliver my blue meth instantaneously between Albuquerque and Germany?

[roshanjay]

I had a dream about this last night and I'm none the wiser, 3:03 maybe the scientifically inclined need to figure out the *relationship(s)* between waves and particles. Also, the concepts of wave/particle etc might be limiting if you can't think outside of them.