Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Well, the "zero-point energy" is (amongst other things) the remaining 
> jiggle in atoms even at absolute-zero.

  Isn't that kind of contradictory with the very definition of absolute
zero temperature? By definition if there's movement it's not absolute zero.

> It *has* to be there, because 
> without it, you'd know both the momentum and position precisely.

  Did Heisenberg really state that the principle applies at all possible
temperatures, including absolute zero? Does it break some kind of universal
law (like conservation of energy or conservation of momentum) if at absolute
zero the uncertainty principle does not apply?

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