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minus-squarewopazoo [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoThat doesn’t make any sense. Observation is alteration. You cannot see light without absorbing light.
minus-squaremorrowindlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 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-up1·11 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.
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.