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[โ€“] Cethin@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I totally agree. "Observe" was a bad choice of words, but it stuck. It should have been "interacted with", or "measured", or something like that.

[โ€“] bss03@infosec.pub 3 points 2 days ago

BTW, before a detector aparatus can be created, many physics results were (are?) identified through observation, which might include a measurement or might be qualitative.