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[[Werner Heisenberg|Heisenberg]]'s | '''[[Werner Heisenberg|Heisenberg]]'s uncertainty principle''' stated that the very act of [[measurement|measuring]] something changed its nature. | ||
Professor [[Osric (The Time of the Daleks)|Osric]] extrapolated from this that Heisenberg's revolutionary idea, that to observe something was also to change it, might also apply to [[time]]. He believed that using a [[clock]] to measure time, "merely by counting off the seconds, disturb[ed], change[d] time", such that [[time travel]], or at least a view into other times, might be possible with sufficient clocks and [[mirror]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Time of the Daleks (audio story)|The Time of the Daleks]]'') | Professor [[Osric (The Time of the Daleks)|Osric]] extrapolated from this that Heisenberg's revolutionary idea, that to observe something was also to change it, might also apply to [[time]]. He believed that using a [[clock]] to measure time, "merely by counting off the seconds, disturb[ed], change[d] time", such that [[time travel]], or at least a view into other times, might be possible with sufficient clocks and [[mirror]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Time of the Daleks (audio story)|The Time of the Daleks]]'') | ||
[[Category:Quantum physics]] | [[Category:Quantum physics]] | ||
[[Category:Physics from the real world]] | [[Category:Physics from the real world]] | ||
Revision as of 23:38, 30 September 2019
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle stated that the very act of measuring something changed its nature.
Professor Osric extrapolated from this that Heisenberg's revolutionary idea, that to observe something was also to change it, might also apply to time. He believed that using a clock to measure time, "merely by counting off the seconds, disturb[ed], change[d] time", such that time travel, or at least a view into other times, might be possible with sufficient clocks and mirrors. (AUDIO: The Time of the Daleks)
