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“Many scientists have tried to make determinism and complementarity the basis of conclusions that seem to me weak and dangerous; for instance, they have used Heisenberg's uncertainty principle to bolster up human free will, though his principle, which applies exclusively to the behavior of electrons and is the direct result of microphysical measurement techniques, has nothing to do with human freedom of choice. It is far safer and wiser that the physicist remain on the solid ground of theoretical physics itself and eschew the shifting sands of philosophic extrapolations.”

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Book:Nouvelles perspectives en microphysique
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Nouvelles perspectives en microphysique

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Louis de Broglie
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Louis de Broglie was a French physicist known for his work on the wave-particle duality, which played a significant role in the development of quantum mechanics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1929 for his contributions. more

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