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Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle, although scientific, does have social applications. ... If we tie this principle into society we can see some similarities. ... Application of this theory to social constructs such as racism and homophobia exhibit the social significance that can come from scientific principle.
In order to claim that social values can come from scientific principle, it is important to understand the perplexities of the principle used. One could allege that proven scientific principle is completely objective and has no subjective meaning to it. However, this notion can be very easily reputed when it comes to Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle. ... This primary finding eventually led Heisenbergs to his famous discovery that we could never determine both the momentum and the position of a single particle at the subatomic level. ... The uncertainty principle brought into questioning “the very existence of an “objective” reality. ... Proven “uncertainty” introduced new subjective ideas into a field that retained an objective bias. ... With the vanishing of the wall that once separated the subjective and the objective, we can take Heisenberg’s principle and incorporate it into subjective societal ideas. ...
If people do form opinions based on large groups instead of the individual, we can apply Heisenbergs principle to modern problems such as racism and homophobia. ... It is due to this uncertainty in science, that enables us to examine these issues as the result of Heisenbergs proven scientific principle. ... In order to establish the relationship between Heisenbergs Uncertainty Principle and Racism you have to examine a racists reasoning for why they chose this certain belief. ... If it is discovered that one racist bases his belief on generalizations of a group, Heisenbergs principle remains true in the fact that this racist creates opinions based on group trends similarly to the way scientist created trends based on large groups of particles. However if the racist’s beliefs are based upon a single individual, relating racism to uncertainty gets a bit confusing. ... If this is true than once again Heisenbergs principle achieves a certain subjective significance. ... These explanations simply show the potential subjective significance of Heisenbergs scientific principle. ...
Due to the daunting task of polling thousands of individuals racists to see why they hold their beliefs, it is impossible to say whether or not relating the principle of uncertainty to racism has any truth behind it. ... In this case Heisenbergs principle cannot be related to racism subjectively because the child isnt old enough to make general judgments about a group, nor does he know any individuals of that race to misunderstand.
Approximate Word count = 2033
Approximate Pages = 8.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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