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[-] 200ok@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Exactly. The apparatus used to take measurements slightly alters the thing being measured. It's not the act of looking at it with our eyes that causes any change.

An analogy that I find easier to understand is the tool used to measure tire pressure releases a small amount of air, thus changing the tire pressure (albeit negligible).

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