
#648 - Chris Ferrie - 7 Ways To Ruin Your Life With Lies From Quantum Physics
Modern Wisdom
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The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle and its Implications for Measurement
Trying to measure something alters it. Shining light on an electron and inferring its properties changes its behavior. You can't know both the position and velocity of something simultaneously. These properties are not even defined. There is no preexisting set of properties in the world. When you measure something, you affect it.
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