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Originally Posted by michellemfry Could I suggest that if the specific observer were to fail to observe, there would be obvious consequence? If the specific observer simply observed, there may be no fanfare or tah-dah. Simply fulfilling the purpose for which one was designed is simply functioning normally. The failure to observe by the specific observer would represent a breakdown in the process, a catastrophe. While the accomplishment of such an unlikely event as one observer and one observation is met with no discernable affect whatsoever. Yet, it is a rare and endangered event in the making. One observer and one observation. Now that is a pair that is as significant as A-T and G-C. |
Yes, I agree that it would normally pan out as "business as usual", but in the case where that someone failed to look- it would be catastrophe. It would essentially unravel any part of the universe they did not look at until they looked at it again.
Strangely, for those individuals who were in "mixed quantum state" they would end up not existing until they were perceived again. That is, they would not exist in any real form. I am not sure if they would have a memory of "what happened during the nonexistent period". That is, for the Shrodinger cat- suppose it was a monkey or dog who could communicate where they were in that state (and suppose the consequence is less drastic than death- perhaps if they got a cookie or not). Would they perceive that they got the cookie towards the start of the experiment, even though it was not "resolved" until the end of the experiment? If so- they would never know that something was amiss with reality.
Of course, once that person died, then the universe would basically cease to exist. Therefore, it would be in everyones best interest to keep that individual alive.