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Human observation is fine. The fact that observing a state changes it is one of the "weird" things about quantum physics. Again, as far as I know since I'm not
by jdmichal 10y ago
Human observation is fine. The fact that observing a state changes it is one of the "weird" things about quantum physics. Again, as far as I know since I'm not an expert, this is related to the fact that observation forces the wave function to collapse to a specific value, which then eliminates the "waviness" of the particle.
This is demonstrated by the single-particle double-slit experiment [0] and the eraser variation [1].
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-slit_experiment#Interference_of_individual_particles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-slit_experiment#Interfe...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-slit_experiment#Delayed_choice_and_quantum_eraser_variations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-slit_experiment#Delayed...