Eli5 Why can’t we “know” the speed and position of an electron simultaneously? Why can we only measure one of these properties at a time?

Question

This always confuses me and I’m not sure how it works. Please explain…

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Answer 1

I’m by far an expert but the way I see it is as follows: the act of measuring disrupts the electron because it is so small. Measure the position and you disrupt the speed like if you were to pin it down