The observer chooses the path
3 November 2007Modern day meta-physicists agree that an electron can coexsist in two places at the same time. This is pretty neat when you stop and think about it. One physical entity, in two different places, at the same time.
Even more significant is the idea that, as Einstein predicted, the entity appears to choose which place it exists in based on the Observer. What does this mean? Well, we can’t really see it in two places at once, as soon as we look at at it it’s in one place. That’s where it exists. And when we look at it in the other place, that’s where it exists. We just know that it exists in two places because of the Slit Experiment.
For non-science geeks that may have found that last paragraph confusing, hopefully you’ve seen the movie Mystery Men. There is a seen where Invisible Boy tells everyone that he knows he is invisible, but he can only use his super power if no one is looking at him, including himself. He just knows that he is invisible. Light is the same way. It can coexist in two places at the same time, but only if no one is looking at it. 
Another known effect of observation is the Observer Effect. Often confused with Heisenburg’s Uncertainty Principal, the Observer Effect happens when the very act of watching something changes it, so it’s impossible to truly observe it. I think about it this way; imagine trying to accurately measure a worm. When you go to stretch it out next to a ruler, you are making it longer than it really is. Or think about measuring the size of an electron. As soon as you put an instrument of measurement nearby it, you alter the structure of the atom it exists in, which means it’s effectively immeasurable.
How can this apply to us?
This effect gives a lot of power to the Observer, right? If we can can choose where a light particle exists by looking at it, then what does this mean for our life?
Well, who is observing your life?
You are!
By choosing to take your life in a certain direction, you are choosing between different pathways through life. By observing that particular direction, you are defining it’s existence.
Perhaps Benjamin Elijah Mays said it best:
"It is not your environment, it is you — the quality of your mind, the integrity of your soul, the determination of your will — that will decide the future and shape your life."
The observer — you — chooses the path through life. So get busy! Make some plans, accept responsibility for your choices, and you’ll be flexing your universe in no time.
on March 28th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
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