[Avodah] observer effect

[Simon Montagu]

On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 11:02 PM Joel Rich via Avodah <
avodah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote:

> Anyone think about the relationship between the observer effect and the
> leidat hasafeik in the 10 store cases (kavua vs kol dparish mruba)?
>
> The term observer effect in quantum physics means that the act of
> observing something will influence the thing being observed and by the
> observation, waves turn into particles.
>

No, it doesn't mean that: it only refers to things of sub-atomic size.
Applying it to things in general is only a figure of speech. Certainly the
act of observing something *can* influence the thing observed, but only
with sub-atomic particles is it inevitable that this will happen. See this
excellent article by Douglas Hofstadter
https://gwern.net/doc/philosophy/ontology/1981-hofstadter.pdf
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