@GerHater1488@sid_loho@peppercutsgrass@hismindinsearch Yeah true, but we have sound reason to believe that the tree would have been in a definitive state while falling, and would have actually sent vibrations through the air; you are also right in noting that the vibrations wouldn't be heard as a sound if no one was there to hear it
@GerHater1488@sid_loho@peppercutsgrass@hismindinsearch The scenario with the tree is correct, but this isn't related to the observer effect you mentioned earlier. This is a more of a philosophical position on how the brain converts objective signals into a perceived subjective experience.
@GerHater1488@sid_loho@peppercutsgrass@hismindinsearch This is closer but still wrong. The brain won't cause an external wave function to collapse through the observer effect because anything the brain sees is already in a collapsed state; these effects happen at a scale entirely undetectable to our brain in normal settings.
@GerHater1488@sid_loho@peppercutsgrass@hismindinsearch I've had a lifelong passion for physics, and a long history of self study, so it's hard to say; maybe 4-5 years of quantum mechanics exposure specifically? I've been in college for this subject for ~2.5 years.
@charrlysa I never went that far, but there are some pretty bad screenshots of me on discord back in the day. Nothing I meant in earnest, but shit that does not look good on paper
@GerHater1488@sid_loho@peppercutsgrass@hismindinsearch I'm sorry but most of what you're saying here is wrong. Getting into the semantics, what I described is exactly what an observation event is, there is no need for a brain, eyes, or any consciousness whatsoever. collapsing a superposition is not the creation of a particle either
@NewRightPoast He probably just trusts his son would never do something like what you're implying. And I commend you for being so vigilant in protecting your kids. I think you should just keep politely turning him down until he gets the hint. Neither of you are in the wrong