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minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 hours agoI’d like to nominate Observer Effect for the Worst and Most Confusingly Named Thing Ever award. Funny meme though.
minus-squarebetanumerus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 hours ago“Observe” implies interaction with a photon.
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoTo a physicist, sure. To the lay public, observe means you’re watching it. If you’re looking away, you’re not observing. When in reality, it doesn’t matter who’s looking, if the particle is interacting with other particles, it’s being “observed”.
I’d like to nominate Observer Effect for the Worst and Most Confusingly Named Thing Ever award.
Funny meme though.
“Observe” implies interaction with a photon.
To a physicist, sure. To the lay public, observe means you’re watching it. If you’re looking away, you’re not observing. When in reality, it doesn’t matter who’s looking, if the particle is interacting with other particles, it’s being “observed”.