The simplest example of the effect of the observer on a system is the application of a voltmeter to a circuit. Regardless of how high the input resistance of the meter, it will draw a little current and change the system voltage in the process of observing.
See Also: http://www.trufax.org/arknexus/welcome.html Be attentive to what you think; give great care to where you allow you attention to dwell. James Osbourne, Holmes [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Vilik Rapheles [SMTP:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, June 05, 1999 1:26 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: CS>Couldn't resist... More on killer mice, the scientific method, and "reality".... ~~~~~~~ According to quantum physics (as explained in Gary Zukav's The Dancing Wu Li Masters), the experimenter and the experiment CANNOT be separated. He says: "The new physics, quantum mechanics, tells us clearly that it is not possible to observe reality without changing it. If we observe a certain particle collision experiement, not only do we have no way of proving that the result would have been the same if we had not been watching it, all that we know indicates that it would not have been the same because the result that we got was affected by the fact that we were looking for it. Some experiments show that light is wave-like. Other experiements show equally well that light is particle-like. If we want to demonstrate that light is a particle-like phenomenon or that light is a wave-like pheonomenon, we only need to select the appropriate experiment. According to quantum mechanics, there is no such thing as objectivity. We cannot eliminate ourselves from the picture. We are a part of nature, and when we study nature there is no way around the fact that nature is studying itself." >>_______________________________________________ > > *** complete *** > > -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
