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The Observer Effect.
Have you ever gotten that feeling you’re downright psychic?
You walk into a room expecting a fight with your partner, and boom, there they are, arms crossed, ready to rumble.
Or maybe you envisioned acing that presentation, and somehow, the words flowed effortlessly, the audience hung on your every syllable.
It’s almost like the universe itself is listening…but here’s the mind-blowing part: according to quantum physics, it kind of is.
Enter the bizarre and beautiful world of the observer effect. This isn’t some new-age mumbo jumbo. It’s a real scientific phenomenon that suggests the act of observing something actually influences its behavior.
Think of it like a shy cat hiding in a box. As long as you leave the box closed, the cat could be anywhere — napping, plotting world domination, who knows?
But the moment you peek inside, the cat’s state is “observed” and it collapses into a definite position.
