What's Wrong with These Observables?

Foundations of Physics 33 (10):1543-1547 (2003)
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An imprecise measurement of a dynamical variable (such as a spin component) does not, in general, give the value of another dynamical variable (such as a spin component along a slightly different direction). The result of the measurement cannot be interpreted as the value of any observable that has a classical analogue

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