Peirce and Anaximander

[Amaranth56 at aol.com]

thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de writes:

> According to quantum physics it is impossible to predict the behaviour
>  of a certain elementary particle (see also Schroedinger's cat and
>  Heisenberg's principle of uncertainty). Not because we have not yet
>  acquired the scientific means to do so, but because processes on a
>  subnuclear level are essentially governed by chance. In terms of world
>  view this is the end of Newton's clockwork universe: It is not certain
>  that the apple will fall to the ground, there is just a very high
>  probability that it will.

If I understand it correctly, Heisenberg's principle of uncertainty
says that, on the subatomic level, you can't measure two
qualities simultaneously and be accurate.  By measuring the
location of a particle, you affect its speed; by measuring its
speed, you change its location.

I might have a detail or two wrong, but the important thing
is that simply by observing, we change reality.

Diana