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by codeulike 3534 days ago
Any act of measuring a system changes that system.

How about when I measure a stick using a ruler?
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nothrabannosir 3534 days ago
He means a system that can react to the measurements. Like how predicting the stock market is fundamentally impossible because whatever you do, the stock market can react to your prediction.
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codeulike 3533 days ago
But he said 'Any'. I'm looking for a counterexanple.
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