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[–] rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (13 children)

could a record like this be used as a presence detector? Like if there was any observer who collapsed the wave function then we’d get the collapsed lines in the log, otherwise it would have indicated no observers? (obviously even what the hell is an ‘observer’ anyway?)

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 9 points 2 months ago (7 children)

A log is an observance itself. Any measurement changes the state.

[–] rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (6 children)

How is the unobserved state ever known about, then?

[–] MrPoopbutt@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

You observe the result, not the experiment while it is running.

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