Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Heisenberg Principle - Observer Effect

The Observer Effect modelnetic:
People's behavior changes if they know the boss is watching.

Historically, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle has been confused with a somewhat similar effect in  physics, called the observer effect, which notes that measurements of certain systems cannot be made without affecting the systems.

In physics, the term observer effect refers to changes that the act of observation will make on the phenomenon being observed. This is often the result of instruments that, by necessity, alter the state of what they measure in some manner. A commonplace example is checking the pressure in an automobile tire; this is difficult to do without letting out some of the air, thus changing the pressure

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