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📣 spacetimeuser5

Books etc. about Heisenberg uncertainty principle in CS, software?


Please recommend books or other resources where Heisenberg's uncertainty principle is mentioned with application to CS, software, computer hardware etc. Thanks


  👤 ahazred8ta Accepted Answer ✓
The ACTUAL Heisenberg uncertainty principle does not have any effect on software, or on normal computer hardware such as cpus. The problem where an error goes away when you try to look for it is unrelated to any actual quantum effect. Bug analysts are only using the word 'Heisenberg' as a metaphor. It only confuses people. Please stick to 'observer effect' instead.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer_effect_(information...

https://lonesysadmin.net/2010/01/05/heisenberg-monitoring/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisenbug


👤 slwvx
I think a good start is to study why a signal can be time-limited or band-limited, but not both. Signal processing textbooks study this.