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by eridius 2537 days ago
Adding a sensor to the double slit experiment to measure which slit the particle goes through removes the quantum effects from the experiment.
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Not sure what you mean. Quantum effects don't "disappear". They are physical laws. Which slit the particle enters after the wave decoheres is precisely a non-deterministic element of quantum mechanics.
But wouldn't measuring something also alter the outcome? Ie. Observer Effect https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer_effect_(physics)
It doesn't alter the outcome. It causes it to decohere into a particular outcome. There is no way to force a particular outcome, hence it being non-deterministic.