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Uncertainty is inherent to all data, experiments, and measurements. This holds also true for observations conducted using the most precise instrument as well as at the smallest, subatomic scale. The latter is known as the Principle of Uncertainty of quantum mechanics formulated by Werner Heisenberg (Heisenberg, 1927; for English, cf. Heisenberg, 1949, pp. 20-22). To the current state of knowledge, this fundamental physical principle defines by its nature the ultimate limit of human cognitive faculty.
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Herold, H. (2018). Modeling Uncertainty for Change Analysis. In: Geoinformation from the Past. Springer Spektrum, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-20570-6_5
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