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Re:The “uncertainty principle” is a mis-translation (2014) by EnFinlay on Friday May 20, 2016 @01:41PM (#11739855)
Oh, I got it. It's the difference between "I am uncertain" and "It is uncertain". That makes sense.

First discussion that happens in an undergrad quantum mechanics class.

Teacher: "It is uncertain" Student: "Can't we measure it better?" Teacher: "No, it is unknowable, no matter what" Student: "Wtf?"

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Re:The “uncertainty principle” is a mis-translation (2014) by emsy on Friday May 20, 2016 @02:37PM (#11740350)
Unscharf (the adjective to Unschärfe) can be translated to "out of focus" or "blur", which kind of describes the phenomenon figuratively.
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