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[–] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Well yes, however intuitively there should be photons smashing into it even if nobody is observing it.

[–] null@piefed.nullspace.lol 9 points 1 week ago (4 children)

True -- its definitely a lot more complicated than that, and there are ways to "observe" without interacting, which still manage to collapse the superposition.

[–] nooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyz 15 points 1 week ago (3 children)

How do you observe without interacting?

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