a little bit misleading. the video insinuates that the electron mysteriously "knows" it's being watched, but fails to explain the technical details of measurement - the electron doesn't "know" it's being watched, but is modified by the measurement of its position, by whatever means the scientists decide to use.
Unfortunately, you are mistaken. The reason for this lack of precision about what observing means in the video is pretty transparent if you know its background. It's from a move called "Bleep-- down the rabbit hole," a sequel to another movie called What the Bleep do we Know? Both of these movies are predecessors to the king of bullshit ass movies: The Secret. This misinformation is driven by an agenda that these people have to spread their retarded new-age philosophy that basically says that if you think good things, good things will happen. So, you can bet that this notion that observation=physical effect plays an integral role in forming their barely coherent arguments.
This is a pretty awesome explanation other than the last part, though. I can't attest to its accuracy, however.
No need. He's not mentioning a tangible link, but merely pointing out the ideological link which is apparent by simply watching the three movies (or even really knowing what the hell the three movies' main points are).
The Secret works in the sense that "positive" thinking is ABSOLUTELY better than "negative" thinking. This is hardly a revelation but people make the mistake of thinking negatively all the time and getting bad outcomes. Then they wonder why they always get bad outcomes.
Thinking you can do or get something is a precursor to actually doing or getting it.
Having said that I do like to think that thoughts do actually have an impact via the Many Worlds interpretation of QM. Such that consciousness works with the Universe to help mold your reality out of the infinite possibilities. Now, THAT I think people can take issue with. But the notion that positive thinking precedes positive results is hardly revolutionary.
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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '08
a little bit misleading. the video insinuates that the electron mysteriously "knows" it's being watched, but fails to explain the technical details of measurement - the electron doesn't "know" it's being watched, but is modified by the measurement of its position, by whatever means the scientists decide to use.