Is the Heisenberg Indeterminacy a conceptual or empirical concept?

[Sidharth Paparaju 3B]

So in class, we saw an example of why we cannot tell the exact location and speed of an electron through an example of an experiment. Does this mean that the Heisenberg Indeterminacy principle only applies to our current empirical methods of observing electrons? Or is it conceptual, meaning that the minute we know one of the variables, we can never know the other?

[Paul Zhang 2F]

Hello! It seems that Heisenberg uncertainty is an inherent property of stuff. Since particles act like waves, it means they're "spread out" rather than just being in one place. It's not that our current technology isn't good enough—precisely measuring both the position and momentum of a particle is impossible because they act like waves. Hope that's helpful!