I recently saw an ad on TV for a company which provided free credit scores for potential home buyers or anyone else who might be planning to take out a loan.

One of the key things they wanted to emphasise was that "getting your credit score will not affect your credit score".

Is this not a blatant violation of Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle?

Edited March 2, 20187 yr by NortonH

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41 minutes ago, NortonH said:

Is this not a blatant violation of Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle?

The marketing and advertising industries don’t generally bother validatating their sloganeering against established physics, and if they did.... in this case, Newton would be far more relevant than Heisenberg. 

 

https://www.myfico.com/credit-education/credit-checks/credit-report-inquiries/

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Looking for new credit can equate with higher risk, but most Credit Scores are not affected by multiple inquiries from auto, mortgage or student loan lenders within a short period of time. Typically, these are treated as a single inquiry and will have little impact on your credit scores.

 

Edited March 2, 20187 yr by iNow

4 hours ago, NortonH said:

Is this not a blatant violation of Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle?

I guess you mean the observer effect: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer_effect_(physics) 

The Uncertainty Principle only applies to hard pulls, soft pulls are okay.

The HUP means you can't know your credit score and its conjugate variable (whatever that might be. Happiness?) at the same time. To within hbar/2