How Do Observation and Measurement Differ in Quantum Experiments?

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What is the difference between observation and measurement in reference to a quantum experiment?
 
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Nothing; these words are used interchangeably in QM.
 
nouveau_riche said:
What is the difference between observation and measurement in reference to a quantum experiment?

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=566639

Probably the same as above until someone in a deadlock design a discrepancy ad hoc embedded in an operational definition that leads to an experimental breakthrough in QM.
 

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