This principle describes the limit of the precision with which pairs of physical properties can be understood.
We cannot know the position and the velocity of a body at the same time. We can know either its location or its speed, but not both.
If a pilot focuses too hard on where an enemy plane is, they will lose track of where it is going and vice versa. Trying harder to track the two variables will actually lead to more inaccuracy! Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle applies to myriad areas where excessive observation proves detrimental. Reality is imprecise.
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