This is Just as Confusing as "Lost."

Joshua Roebke poses an excellent question in his article "The Reality Tests" - Do we create what we observe through our observations?

I never thought anything could make my brain hurt more than trying to figure out what exactly time travel has to do with anything on LOST...but this article comes very close. I'm not entirely sure which side I agree with, the quantum mechanics side or the realist side, mostly because I'm not sure which side believes what, even after reading the article twice. Here's what I think: there is a certain universal truth and reality to things, but our understanding of these things can change depending how and when we make our observations and what we make them with. For whatever reason, I can't imagine things existing only when we observe them. That doesn't seem to make sense for me. Like Einstein asked, "Do you really believe that the moon exists only when you look at it?" On the other hand, I do understand how our observations can change the things we see. Not physically change things, really, but our perception of things can be wrong or varied or off. In a way, we do create what we observe through our observations, since our interpretations of these observations (which is essentially what theories and conclusions are based off of) can be very subjective and can vary from person to person.

Roebke's article and the thesis he poses in it are both very complex. They make you think. In my mind, the intrigue this article sparks is both a strength and a weakness. It's a strength because it DOES push readers to think about what exactly he is trying to say in his article instead of just allowing readers to finish reading the article without really learning anything. However, the weakness lies in the fact that it is confusing. Maybe Roebke could have tried to make his point more clearly. Unless this article is the result of many simplifications and the topic is just a confusing one by nature which cannot be perfectly understood by anyone other than quantum physicists, which is entirely possible...

I think I'm going to give my brain a break for a little while now.