From: Paul Cockshott (paul@cockshott.com)
Date: Fri Nov 22 2002 - 17:22:09 EST
A possible new topic for discussion -- the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle: Quantum mechanics isn't exactly my area of expertise, but I wonder what others on the list think about the implications of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle (HUP) for political economy and Marx. * In a very general way, does the HUP have applications for the study of bourgeois society -- and if so, what are they? -- or is it overextending to take a principle from quantum mechanics and apply it to political economy? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- No relevance what soever. The quantum of uncertainty specified by HUP is microscopic and negligable for all large objects/configurations of matter. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * In particular, could the HUP have application when examining the systematic connections between a mode of production and (non-human) nature? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No. To think that it does is to fall for the most vulgar idealist interpretations of quantum mechanics
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