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Sep 12 '06 by joshchang.com
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I know Threadless members are smart - What is this Theory??

Working on a new campaign at work..

What is that theory or story behind the concept that "when you observe an experiment, you can change the results."

Like in sports: when the media and all eyes are on you, it could alter your playing performance and it doesn't make playing so "pure."

Any information or leads would help greaaatly! THANKS

Stevethegreat on Sep 12 '06 at 4:03pm

don't you ever call me smart again

jackanapes on Sep 12 '06 at 4:03pm

Fuck. i can't remember. it's named AFTER a person, i believe.

the czar on Sep 12 '06 at 4:06pm

Schrodinger

margolove on Sep 12 '06 at 4:07pm

I don't think it's the cat thing...

maybe the double blind? Or, rather, that would maybe be the fix for what you're describing.

jackanapes on Sep 12 '06 at 4:07pm

really? i think that's something similar, but different. you're talking about the "cat-box" experiment.

lemonalle on Sep 12 '06 at 4:07pm

self-fulfilling prophesy?

margolove on Sep 12 '06 at 4:08pm

oops, nevermind, I'm wrong I think (about the first thing)

WallsReallyWork on Sep 12 '06 at 4:14pm

not schrodinger, its heisenberg uncertainty theory. schrodinger did work on it, but its not his, i think.

ive never heard it applied to life-sized things, though. its completely true that for many particles and atoms, observing something actually changes it.

chelly on Sep 12 '06 at 4:20pm

this question is driving me crazy because i remember learning this in both a psychology AND sociology class

chelly on Sep 12 '06 at 4:20pm

this question is driving me crazy because i remember learning this in both a psychology AND sociology class

chelly on Sep 12 '06 at 4:20pm

whoops, sorry about the double post. guess i went mad.

jackanapes on Sep 12 '06 at 4:21pm

ah yes, the hesiman uncertainty principle: you're never certain who will win the heisman trophy.

the czar on Sep 12 '06 at 4:21pm

observer effect

I think the 2 principals are linked.

joshchang.com on Sep 12 '06 at 4:28pm

Yep. Observer Effect.. best link ever

the czar on Sep 12 '06 at 4:29pm

I have been useful to someone today, now I can go to bed.

jackanapes on Sep 12 '06 at 4:30pm

where i will be in the shadows . . . observing you.

Stevethegreat on Sep 12 '06 at 4:32pm

that's a lame name

the czar on Sep 12 '06 at 4:32pm

Ok jackanapes, that creeped me out.

Tialys on Sep 12 '06 at 4:33pm

I remember this. It was a guy who studied tribes in africa who claimed he could never get accurate findings because his presence, no matter how unobtrusive, always altered the experiment.

Oh, and Schrodengir's cat is so dead.

jackanapes on Sep 12 '06 at 4:33pm

hahaha. that was the point.

the czar on Sep 12 '06 at 4:50pm

Good job, then. The real question is, am I here if you're not here to see me? OH MY GOD AM I REAL!