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minus-squaremorrowindlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoidk, I’m not a quantum physicist. I’m just asking theoretically
minus-squarewopazoo [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-29 months agoThat doesn’t make any sense. Observation is alteration. You cannot see light without absorbing light.
minus-squaremorrowindlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoImagine a box already there. I now change the box so it also analyzes the particles that hit it. Are they changed?
minus-squaremaccentric@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoSo would a blind person would also alter the outcome if they were in the position to absorb the light? You can absorb the light without seeing it.
idk, I’m not a quantum physicist. I’m just asking theoretically
That doesn’t make any sense. Observation is alteration. You cannot see light without absorbing light.
Imagine a box already there. I now change the box so it also analyzes the particles that hit it. Are they changed?
So would a blind person would also alter the outcome if they were in the position to absorb the light? You can absorb the light without seeing it.