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Is Consciousness Part of the Fabric of the Universe? (www.scientificamerican.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well, we know that the simple fact of observing an event changes it (see the Double Slit experiment), so consciousness has to have some kind of link to reality itself, no?

I think you might be misunderstanding what “observation” means in that context.

Wikipedia: Observer Effect

In physics, the observer effect is the disturbance of an observed system by the act of observation. This is often the result of utilizing instruments that, by necessity, alter the state of what they measure in some manner.

[–] grabyourmotherskeys 5 points 11 months ago

Thank you for explaining this.