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Wheeler's Delayed Choice Experiment Proves Past Isn't Fixed Until Observed
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The Basement: Rizwan Virk | The Simulation Hypothesis, Quantum Physics & Mysticism
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"What the delayed choice experiment is telling us is that it's when the measurement of the light is done today on Earth that the decision gets made on whether the light went to the left or to the right of that black hole. It's like an observer effect, but for time, not just for space."
Virk explains that physicist John Wheeler's delayed choice experiment, successfully conducted via satellite in 2017, demonstrates that quantum particles remain in superposition regarding past events until observed in the present. This suggests the past may be rendered on demand like a video game rather than existing as a fixed linear history.
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