It would be useful if people carried around some card with all the information that they understood on it, since opinions are largely symptoms of this.
In almost all cases any apparent phenomenon specific to one system of measurement is clearly a coincidence, since reality is definable as that which is independent of measurement.
> since reality is definable as that which is independent of measurement.
In terms of quantum mechanics, would that mean the wave function is real until it collapses due to measurement? Or am I misunderstanding your use of measurement there?
Something about that is sticking in my mind in an odd way, but I can't put my finger on exactly what it is - which is intriguing.
Measurement can change what is measured, but it doesnt change it from illusion to reality.
I cannot measure santa clause into existence. But I can change the temperature of some water by measuring it with a very hot thermometer.
That measurement changes what is measured is the norm in almost all cases, except in classical physics which describes highly simplified highly controlled experiments. The only 'unusual' thing about QM is its a case in physics where measurement necessarily changes the system, but this is extremely common in every other area. It is more unusual that in classical physics, measurement doesn't change the system.
In almost all cases any apparent phenomenon specific to one system of measurement is clearly a coincidence, since reality is definable as that which is independent of measurement.