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Full Idea
The Uncertainty Principle implied that in the subatomic world cause and effect could never be measured.
Gist of Idea
The Uncertainty Principle implies that cause and effect can't be measured
Source
Peter Watson (Convergence [2016], 05 'Against')
Book Ref
Watson,Peter: 'Convergence' [Simon and Schuster 2016], p.134
A Reaction
The fact that it can't be measured does not, presumably, entail that it doesn't exist. Physicists seem to ignore causation, rather than denying it. Can causation be real if it only exists at the macro-level, as an emergent phenomenon?