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Beyond the Boundary

There is a boundary to everything. Science which is thought to be the answer to the most obscure questions also has some limitations. We know about the uncertainty principle which marks one such boundary. First when I read about it, as a child I absorbed this idea without slightest bit of resistance, but when I came across this theory again my mind seems to challenge the very nature of this principle. So this is what I know... We see objects around us because our retina perceives light that is reflected by an object. We use a similar principle while locating position of an electron. Photons that are emitted for this process have a particular wavelength. (The photons speed and its energy or else the wavelength of light used cause the uncertainty in position or momentum. I'm assuming that you know the dynamics of how this works.) We are using optics for locating position of electron. Here the example depicts how our retina perceives light that is reflected by an object