So, I was thinking about quantum mechanics. (I feel smarter just for having typed that!) It intrigues me how at a quantum level, just ‘watching’ a particle seems to change its behaviour (more specifics on this here). If you’re watching, you can make a rough, reasonably accurate prediction of how it will behave. When you look away though, it could all change. Suddenly your power of prediction disappears and you have no control over what the particle will do. You merely observing it influences how it acts.
I think the same can be applied to people – who are, after all, just a big mass of particles.
When I’m observed, I behave a certain way. I bet you do too. It depends on who’s watching as to how your behavior presents. Instead of saying one phrase you might choose another, instead of emphasising a certain aspect of your personality or character, you’ll focus on what’s most relevant to your observer. The fact that we’re being observed influences who we appear to be.
But you can only be watched a percentage of the time.
In the pause of time when there are no observers, you have a quantum choice – how will you behave? What actions will you take? Will your decisions, uninfluenced by observation, be a reflection of your true ‘quantum’ self?
You’ll know when the moment comes.
And hopefully, when it does, even though it might not fit with others predictions and projections, you’ll be happy with the unobserved you.
