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bioemerl  ·  3076 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 'Zeno effect' verified—atoms won't move while you watch

    The researchers demonstrated that they were able to suppress quantum tunneling merely by observing the atoms.

Remember that "observing" does not mean "human being seeing this thing" it means "interactions with other particles". If we "observe" something we view the light bouncing off the atom, and it's that light bouncing off of something, that interaction we use to tell something is there, that is the act of observation, not some "human beings are significant" bullshit.





Mindwolf  ·  3076 days ago  ·  link  ·  

HA! Awesome response.