I think a lot of yall in the comments are missing what's happening here. Of course the Uncertainly Principle doesn't apply here, not on the scale Charlie is saying. What's happening is that Charlie is coping with trauma, and is using the Uncertainty principle as an analogy, so that he can use it as an excuse to back away. He's terrified, he's going through shock, and he's using the analogy as a way of saying, "hey look, I wanna help, but I can't, but instead of just saying I'm terrified and shaken by today, I'm gonna hide behind the idea that us observing them suddenly throws all my work out the window, even though logically I know it doesn't."
True, but like with shows such as CSI, if it encourages, fosters or at least causes a passing interest in math (or science as the case may be), it's a step in the right direction.
This is the kind of show that should occupy the status of Law & Order if we were really interested in fostering a great education system. I loved the explanations and the introduction it gave me of so many different concepts.
brilliant analogy Professor Epps!!! David would've understood quickly, he was very smart. Became even better when teamed with his best friend Colby Jack Cheese
their is an actual psychological principle that fits the description of this about observing someone and how it affects them, maybe they should've gone with that.
Nothing to do with the case. It's the same as that other movie that uses the uncertainty principle observed in the electron to state that anything is possible. Non sequitur.
@lightningrad - yea mate, tell me about it. since when does wave-particle duality help you decide where a criminal is going to hit next? ludicrous, yes...but highly entertaining, no?
@guralp08 Check again, your right with your statement. But they are right too. Heisenbergs principle of uncertainty describes more than that what you said.
"theres something else that needs to be considered... heisenberg's uncertainty principle" ROFLMAOLMFAOOOO!!! you will never need it for a murder case xD they defined it wrong anywho lol
i need it in spanish it is an excellent program but it is not in spanish I would like to receive the scenes where he mentions the name of statistics used i am from ecuador south america
That was pointless. Observing a robber and shining one quantum of light on a particle are unrelated things. But I do give the show credit because it introduces fundamental laws of physics.
...Quantum mechanics can solve murders now? Who woulda thunk it? I hope people don't actually think that the math/science in this show makes any sense... :-/
Do the writers of the show think the audience is stupid? I found this clip insulting- Heisenberg's uncertainty principle has been completely misrepresented. Simply stated, the uncertainty principle says one can either precisely know the momentum or position of a sub-atomic particle, but not both. It's too bad the writers were too lazy to check even wikipedia before writing this nonsense. It seems mainstream media believes its audience is stupid- this garbage wouldn't exist otherwise.
This is totally absurd. The uncertainty principle is a statement about non-commuting Hermitian operators on Hilbert spaces. The writers of the show are conflating the uncertainty principle and the so-called observer effect. This is very basic quantum theory; these writers clearly didn't conduct even rudimentary research. What a terrible television show.
OMG is it that big of a deal? geez they do have consultants for the show for a reason guys, don't pitch a fit just because it's wrong, that 's why it 's a TV show. -_-
this show is asinine, trying to draw connections between the uncertainty principle and human behaviour. This show along with CSI reduces complex situations into a happy solution while making enormous assumptions that are seldom tested. Absolute rubbish!
omg. this guy doesnt know anything. thats not the uncertainty priciple in any way. its the common error saying that when u look at the particle u change its properties. This is actualy the observer effect or somthin like that. The real deal is that the heisenbergs priciple is just like a background noise. When its applied you cannot predict exactly what will become, you can just predict what will happen. The situation becomes statistical.
