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lapsushominum ONLINE (23 hours ago) [-] The first one is cool but the terminology of "observing" has always bugged me because it conveys an incorrect message to the layman that a human witnessing whatever event is special when in reality in this experiment it refers to measuring their movement via lasers in which case contact with the lasers is what is causing the effect.
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wiwaaaa (11 hours ago) [-] It is probably just the person who made the picture doesn't have an understanding of quantum mechanics, and so just copied the term used in the scientific publication to be safe. I agree that it is a confusing term for people who haven't seen the terminology defined properly though.
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captainbalu (13 hours ago) [-]
Was about to write the same thing. I know people who would tend to think humans are special for altering things by observing them wich is not the case. therefore i like your comment
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lapsushominum ONLINE (13 hours ago) [-] Yeah it's just unfortunate word choice because it conveys the message that somehow observing an event as in light entering the eye and being interpreted by the brain somehow retroactively changes the event when in reality it's the physical interaction with the measuring instrument that caused a reaction.
