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Originally Posted By: redewenur


It has been argued that in order for water to change from non-boiling to boiling it must undergo a phase change, and that a phase change is a quantum action which requires superposition. It would follow that this would not take place if the water was being observed; hence the old saying that a watched pot never boils.



Well, let's say the water changed from non-boiling to boiling in the absence of any observers of any complexity. What agency would be there to interpret such a process? Interpretation is everything because interpretation is the means by which change can occur so no processes would be possible anywhere in the universe without interpretation.