'Here we are'? - God's Observer Effect in Quantum Mechanics
Job 38:35 "Can you send forth lightning that they may go And say to you, 'Here we are'? The observer effect in quantum mechanics refers to the phenomenon that the act of observing or measuring a quantum system can affect the system itself. This is a fundamental aspect of quantum mechanics and has been demonstrated in numerous experiments, including the double-slit experiment. In the double-slit experiment, electrons are fired at a barrier with two slits in it. When the electrons are not observed, they behave as waves and interfere with each other, creating a characteristic interference pattern on a screen behind the barrier. However, when the electrons are observed, they behave as particles and no interference pattern is observed. This suggests that the act of observing the electrons somehow " collapses " their wave function, causing them to localize into particles. The exact nature of this collapse is still a matter of debate , but ...