This is a good excuse to reinforce a basic point about quantum physics: regardless of pop explanations of things like the Copenhagen interpretation, consciousne

This is a good excuse to reinforce a basic point about quantum physics: regardless of pop explanations of things like the Copenhagen interpretation, consciousness clearly cannot possibly be essential to the phenomena it describes. Quantum effects structure, explain, and influence ubiquitous and ancient parts of our world, like the periodic table and DNA. Things that have existed for billions of years without any conscious being observing them.