why do atoms change when we observe them?

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why do atoms change when we observe them?

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In order to “look” at something you have to light it somehow. Lighting it up, however you do it, adds energy to the system. So, the question becomes, how much of what you are observing is what the atom is doing and how much because of the added energy it takes to observe it? Unless you can account for this , you can never know what the particle does when that added energy is not there.

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