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[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Its that an observation is always an energetic interaction. You can't measure a system without interacting with it and at the particle scale every interaction has enough energy to affect the particle in some way. Like when you light up a room you're slightly heating the molecules in it.

If your room is small enough that the light bulb is bigger than the room, this effect becomes very noticable.

this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2024
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