The very act of speaking, Bohr felt, evolved from the distinction between the subject and object. To speak is to speak from a position that is defined as separate and distinct from that which is spoken about. Language thus implies a viewpoint, a specific place at which the subject-object split is made. But because of the Uncertainty Relation, this viewpoint will always result in an incomplete and partial description. To complete the description, another viewpoint is necessary which makes the subject-object split in a different place. But these viewpoints will be mutually exclusive, because the
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