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why would you assume that intent is not part of the physical world? there have been 2 very well known experiments that have shown this to be true:
measuring light - a beam or a wave
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the cat and the radiation
experimenters asked subjects to measure light - would they measure it as a light beam (a collection of particles) or a light wave - the determining factor was the subjects understanding of light - if they thought it was a beam, that is how it showed to be measured, if they thought of light as a wave then that is how the light showed to be measured.
almost everyone knows of the cat experiment - called Schrödinger's cat - in this experiment a cat is put inside a sealed box, there is an automatic hammer that is set to break open a glass container filled with a deadly poison - the hammer will react when enough radiation is released inside the box to set a gieger counter to a predetermined level that will be at the exact amount that could kill the cat or not kill the cat - the experiment was repeated with the experimenter asking the subjects to say wether they thought the cat was alive or dead - the cat lived or died based on the beliefs of the test subjects.
as they say curiosity "may" killed Schrödinger's cat.
**edited for spelling**
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