Eli5: Does a photon really act different by looking at it? How does it know it’s being observed? 1.07K viewsJanuary 1, 2024 Question100.55K March 11, 2023 0 Comments Eli5: Does a photon really act different by looking at it? How does it know it’s being observed? In: 11 24 Answers ActiveNewestOldest Anonymous Posted March 12, 2023 0 Comments It is not the observation, it is the act of observing. You have to bounce a photon off of something to see it. That collapses the wave function of the quantum state. You are interacting with it, you must interact with it to measure it. You are viewing 1 out of 24 answers, click here to view all answers. Register or Login
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