Talk:Tunneling effect

The effect is poorly understood in that the conditions that give rise to it are well documented and repeatable, but the mechanism by which the effect achieves its action is not understood. If the cause and effects were not known then it would be 'not understood', if the cause, effect, and method of action were all fully understood then it would be 'well understood'. However, the method of action is NOT known, therefor it qualifies as somewhere between not understood and well understood, so split hairs and come up with something that means 'kinda understood'. I personally chose poorly understood, because it is understood, just not perfectly.

Is this page intended to address quantum tunneling? Because although counter-intuitive and classically impossible, that is very well understood. --Laura Scudder | Talk 10:16, 29 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I have to ask as well: What are you talking about? Tunneling effects are quantum effects and well-understood. I'm going to redirect to quantum tunneling for now Salsb 23:58, 14 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]