[E. Pluribus Unum]

According to Hawking and Mlodinow, one consequence of the theory of quantum mechanics is that events in the past that were not directly observed did not happen...

Does this mean Obama was never born, since there is no evidence of it?

[defal33]

Heh..heh!

[BlueDragon]

Does this mean Obama was never born, since there is no evidence of it?

I'm sure his mother noticed, at the time...

A better question could be;

Who was the first "observer"? How could matter have become organized at all, if there was no one there to help set it in it's fixed state?

Obviously, taken to the extreme, the idea must be amiss, fanciful fishbowl thinking/observing. Or else one could answer; God was there.

Along those lines, still seriously but put another way, perhaps more limited in scope;

How could one measure the charge of a field while immersed in the same field?

[Sacajaweau]

The old tree in the forest.....

Wow...Hawking is just so profound!!

I simply can't stand him. He's one of those people who, when I hear him speak, I think....."Whatever".