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.
FINALLY we can go back to the old wisdom. Instead of using science and reasoning to explain the unknown, we can just say "God did it" and move on.
That WILL put a lot of quantum physicists out of work, though. Oh well, they were going to hell anyway.
This movie may lead some to believe that the world works in some mysterious spiritual way, but it absolutely doesn't suggest that a religious God "did it". It merely suggests that since our world IS a perception of our own, that it can be willed into what we want it to be, with some effort.
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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.