What is an observer?
We have long assumed
that “an observer observes the world.”
But what if—
observation itself is not something we do,
but something that only appears
when certain conditions are met?
Two independent systems
align only at specific moments.
Yet this alignment cannot be explained
by causality, correlation, or measurement.
So who is observing?
Or rather—
does the observer emerge
only when observation becomes possible?
Summary 👇
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19nDAJ_9MgrUFv4Ggyd9yvZIy4YCH9EqSlVOZPr_VuPs/edit?usp=drivesdk
What do you think about this perspective?
An observer is a means of taking measurement.
The things being measured are so small the means to measure such things greatly disrupts what they would be if not being measured. Think equal and opposite reactions.
I'm wondering if it is that simple. Does the observer needs to have a "consciousness" ? Is a photon colliding with an atom is consider as the observer, or is it the scientist that lighted up the atom which is the observer ?
If we takes Schrödinger cats, when does the measure happen ? When the sensor detect the radioactive particle ? When the cat realize its death ? When the box is open ? When someone actually looks inside the box ?
That's true questions, I'm trying to understand quantum physics since years, but the sources I find are either too simple ("The cat is both dead and alive, It means there are parallel universe !), either too complicated (directly jump to equations).