Heisenberg principle
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I guess it's the Heisenberg principle that you can't ever purely observe something purely because ... by being there you're changing it.
From Reuters • Nov. 20, 2013
"It's the Heisenberg principle: The act of observation changes the thing being observed," said Schlieman, who is also the play's director.
From Reuters • Nov. 1, 2013
It is the Heisenberg principle of his own egomania.
From Time Magazine Archive
A few weeks ago, a monk at St. Katherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai looked gloomily at the tourists and stated the new Heisenberg principle: "They come, and everything changes."
From Time Magazine Archive
