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Originally Posted by Ransom
Or how about "the double slit experiment" where an observation device thrown into the mix completely changes the outcome—as though the particles know they're being watched. <snip> So again it would seem, either particles have minds, or the minds of the scientists are controlling the particles.
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This conclusion that there are 'minds at work' doesn't follow from the experiment. What we know is that the act of observing makes the electrons act as particles. The act of observing itself cannot be performed without interfering with the experiment in some physical (not psychic) way.
Yes, it's weird, but it's not a proof that minds influence the electrons' passage.
It's certainly not the scientists' minds, in any case, as the observations can be automated (and I imagine usually are).
Graham