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Uncertainty — a proven limit, not an ignorance

quantum mechanics

Position and momentum cannot both be sharp: Delta x Delta p >= hbar/2. Not a failure of measurement - the two are non-commuting observables ([x, p] = i hbar), so a particle does not HAVE both at once. A proven limit, found in the structure - the physical cousin of the engine's refusal to assert beyond what it can check. Rests on the instruments.

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Narrow Highway — quantum mechanics
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WIT.codex.FCT/uncertainty-a-proven-limit-not-an-ignorance/REF.WITNESSED@narrow-highway

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