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1. how do we know that time isn't a completely subjective illusion of the human mind, simply a measuring device rather than a "thing"
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I guess we could assume that. But it wouldn't be fun. Also, you couldn't use that assumption to blow up cities or build AI.
Killjoy.
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2. why does observing photons change how they would have reacted had they not been observed, unless it's in an actual thing that actually manipulates the photons and I'm misreading "observe" as "me looking at something" when it's actually "people looking at things in a special device that lets them look at them and which actually acts on them in some fashion."
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The entire principle of quantum mechanics is that we change things by knowing. Even if the method by which we observe it doesn't affect whatever we're observing, the fact that we're observing it does.
Edit: Also, I hate Sith. Before this I was trying to think of more global warming puns. Now I'm busy comprehending that (simply put) information can time-travel. I'll get back to you on the AI issue.