If you buy into the idea that a quantum system exists as a mixture of states until an observer comes along and forces its hand, such as schrodinger's cat, it brings up some profound questions about the beginning of life. According to quantum physics, the Big Bang wouldn’t have been possible without an observer to tip the scales.
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Anonymous2007-02-21 2:32 ID:jhA1TiZw
No, the observer thing only has to do with interaction of observing and the thing observed. The thing observed don't know what the fuck. And the cat story is to be taken metaphorically.
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Anonymous2007-02-21 3:02 ID:Z5RaQ9jA
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The cat is both dead and alive until the scientist observes it. The universe is both banged and not banged until someone observes it.
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Anonymous2007-02-21 17:05 ID:abw0vq+T
Unless it is impossible for the universe not to be banged.
Quantum mechanics still adheres to causality.
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FrozenVoid2007-03-02 2:05 ID:7k5el4zC
>If you buy into the idea that a quantum system exists as a mixture of >states until an observer comes along and forces its hand, such as >schrodinger's cat, it brings up some profound questions about the >beginning of life. According to quantum physics, the Big Bang wouldn’t >have been possible without an observer to tip the scales.
ignoring for a moment that Quantum Physics is sketchy and incomplete representation of reality,even it does not require the observer to influence events into being.
It simply states that in quantum level observation changes the observed.