Why is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle true?

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What’s the underlying principle on why you can’t know the position and momentum of a particle at the same time? Is there an explanation? I don’t have any knowledge of calculus or the math behind anything so I’m asking here, thanks!

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Small particle is too delicate that any attempt to measure one characteristic, it inevitably change the other. People has always been try to shoehorn light as a particle, however, at this scale, classical concept like momentum may not even applicable anymore.

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