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minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoI’d like to nominate Observer Effect for the Worst and Most Confusingly Named Thing Ever award. Funny meme though.
minus-squarebetanumerus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months ago“Observe” implies interaction with a photon.
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months 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”.
minus-squarebetanumerus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoObserving includes watching … and more! 😆
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”.
Observing includes watching … and more! 😆