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A conceptualised division separating the quantum system being observed from the classical system that comprises the observer's information, knowledge and conscious awareness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: quantum mechanics
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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History
Named after Werner Heisenberg, who contributed to the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics, and specifically to the theory of wavefunction collapse.
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