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ridgeguy • 11/07/2024 • 1 reply • view on HN

From this very cool paper:

" In an ironic twist, this effectively realizes Richard Feynman’s analogy of the seemingly impossible task of ‘figuring out a pocket watch by smashing two together and observing the flying debris’. "


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nine_k • 11/07/2024

In a rhyme with the uncertainty principle, you can either have your watch but have only a poor idea of what it even looks like, or momentarily observe the real shape that it once had.