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[โ€“] [email protected] 36 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Thank you. I had someone sit for about 30 minutes trying to convince me our eyes, without any level of interaction, changed the behavior of photons and quantum particles simply by the fact we were gazing at them. I could not understand how but kept being reassured it was the case.

[โ€“] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago

People take the word "observe" at face value (no pun intended) a bit too often