So the thing is, “observe” here means that you want to look at an electron to see which path it’s taking. How do you “observe” it? By hurling a photon at it, at light speed, it smashes into the electron, changing its course, and then back to you.
Once you define what’s actually happening, it becomes a lot less mysterious why “observation” changes the results.
Well yes, however intuitively there should be photons smashing into it even if nobody is observing it.
True – its definitely a lot more complicated than that, and there are ways to “observe” without interacting, which still manage to collapse the superposition.
How do you observe without interacting?
Thats literally not how it works though
you’re right, but the thing is…this is a meme. so it doesn’t have to be factual
Since like, everyone gets all their understanding of the world from goddamn memes now, I think it’s worth pushing back on or clarifying.
sir, this is science memes. Put more science in your meme or we’ll give you more teaching load next semester.
maybe because you’re observing it?
One particularly annoying thing in the SCP-verse that ends up breaking immersion.
