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Old 27-June-2008, 03:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Warren Platts View Post
The fundamental idea is that observation affects that which is observed. It's a problem in wildlife biology as much as it is in physics. You go electroshocking an entire stream, not once, not twice, but three times in order to be statistically certain that you got at least 95% of the fish--hey, that's bound to have some effects. And those are certainly macro effects.
For the record, even though a lot people agree with Warren's comments, I find it absurd to claim that this is an extension of uncertainty in any way. Uncertainty at the quantum level is built into the universe, and it's a basic property. Pandering to the camera (or the anthropologist), consciously or subconsciously, is not the same phenomenon.
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