I was having difficulty posting on the thread.
Here is my response to comments received earlier for my original post:
I am not sure that I obtained an answer to my question! Here is a different take on it! Again, in the double-slit experiment, if a detector just interacts with photon(s) or electron(s) going through either slits and does nothing else (e.g. does not keep nor share any information afterward), do we get an interference pattern on the back-plate? I am aware that if you physically ‘unplug’ a detector still placed between the slit-screen and back-plate, one does get an interference pattern! But an “unplugged” detector does not interact with photons or electrons! Right? So, what about a “plugged” detector that solely interacts with photons or electrons and then immediately destroys the information after the interaction without sharing any of it with an observer! Does this create an interference pattern? What I am driving at is who or what is collapsing the wave-function? The detector? The observer? Both? All of this might have a bearing on consciousness and the Observer Effect.
Also, I would like to mention that Genady responded to an earlier version of this text in the following manner: “No it does not”.
To this I would respond, has this been tested out in an experiment?
To Studiot
I do not know how to paste your last comment like others do, so I am responding in the best way that I can.
You indicated in your last post, the following: Please let us know if you understand what a differential equation is.
My answer: I have a very vague appreciation of what a differential equation is.
Also, read with great interest the text that you provided.
Two sections piqued my interest:
1. “……between an independent behavior of the objects and their interaction with the measuring instruments.” Bohr implies that the interaction is with the instruments (detector) and does not mention the observer.
2. “By observing the world, we participate in making it”. While this by the author implies that the observer is involved,
This is essentially what I am trying to comprehend. I believe, maybe wrongfully, that if we can have an interference pattern coming out of a two-slit experiment when the detector is “on”, but not releasing any information, that this might have a bearing on “The Observer Effect”. It might help us delineate where the line is drawn. See diagram below.
