[longshadow]

Perhaps he is implying that the observations of the ten different people directly altered the events under observation, which created a quantum fluctuation such that the accident actually did occur in ten different ways simultaneously.

Well, if he had said it was a collision of sub-atomic particles, there might be some merit to the argument. But, as he specified that it was cars, and has further compounded the damage by claiming that observation modifies ALL observed phenomona, this really isn't going to get him out from under the mess he created for himself. Ignorance is a cruel misteress.

[PatrickHenry]

What probably happened is that some creationoid swami told him all scientists are fools, and to back that up, he cited the Uncertainty Principle (of which the swami knows nothing except the phrase), but it's presumably authoritative because ... hee hee ... it comes from a scientist. And our newbie freeper, fresh from a session with the swami, and thus fully charged with a pure load of The Truth! enters our thread and begins spouting his wisdom. So it goes in the wonderful world of "creation science."