It is not a complement to talk about something and to mean something else. However, this happens frequently when talking about the quantum world of fields and elementary objects or waves and particles. The concept was first proposed in 1927 by Bohr in order to make sense all measurements of quantum mechanics. Later in its development, complementarity became one of four vital components of the Copenhagen interpretation. The other three not in any order but equally important are Heisenberg’s uncertainty, probability calculus, and collapse of the wave function for a system disturbed by an inquisitive observer.


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