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Slap a "quantum" on it = Instant flux capacitor (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Measuring is a loaded misnomer. Interacting with a particle changes what the particle is doing. There is no such thing as nondestructive testing in quantum physics.

Measuring just happens to be something we do a lot which necessarily causes particle interactions.