Werner Heisenberg

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From the Heisenberg cut to the Copenhagen interpretation

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The following post was motivated by this exchange (on X.com), which prompted me to write out my understanding of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics and the part the Heisenberg cut play…