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[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world -5 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

They should just show this in physics classes and skip all the boring words.

[–] Ratio_Tile@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 9 hours ago

I mean, thats also how we got weird pseudoscience about how the universe shifts around our consciousness.

Its usually not made clear in school that things can only be measured by touching it or bouncing something off of it. On the macro scale, looking at something doesn't move the thing you're measuring because you're just capturing the abundant photons that are already bouncing off the thing in the billions per second. On the quantum scale, looking at something involves shooting particles at the thing, which is often comparable to measuring how big a cat is by trying to bounce a kickball off it and measuring the angle it rebounds. It works, but you can't expect the cat to continue behaving the same after being assaulted out of nowhere.

[–] humble_boatsman@sh.itjust.works 8 points 13 hours ago

I bet if you wait a few more years they'll be putting memes in science textbooks.