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> > PS: I've been wondering; could someone with a good knowledge of quantum mechanics tell me if the Heisenberg Uncertianty Principle makes nanotechnology theorecically impossible? I'm a little fuzzy on at exactly what scale it becomes important, but I'd assume if the nanites had to rearrange the subatomic structure of atoms there would be a problem.
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> Well, you'd probably have to define what kind of nanite tech you're thinking of. Animal-organic or Mineral-robotic?

I was thinking little robots when I was writing the message, but it wouldn't really matter, organic and inorganic would be equally unable to manipulate the building blocks of matter once you got down to a certian small scale, although I can't remember how small (somewhere from 10^-25 to 10^-35 meters I think, but that's a pretty big range)

Bal "20th century physics is rigorously proven absurdity" anthalus