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[โ€“] Dippy@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Can 2 observers simultaneously see different things?

[โ€“] skeptomatic@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

I believe the measuring apparatus "sees" the outcome and causes the collapse of the wave function. Then the results would look the same to 2 human observers. Apparently there's some debate amongst physicists on what constitutes an "observer".

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