Unfortunately, pop-science descriptions of the double slit experiment are fairly misleading. That observation changes the outcome in the double-slit experiment can be explained without the need to model the universe as exhibiting “mild awareness”. Or, your criteria for what constitutes “awareness” is so low that you would apply it to any dynamical system in which 2 or more objects interact.
The less-incorrect explanation is that observation in the double slit experiment fundamentally entangles the observing system with the observed particle because information is exchanged.
Unfortunately, pop-science descriptions of the double slit experiment are fairly misleading. That observation changes the outcome in the double-slit experiment can be explained without the need to model the universe as exhibiting “mild awareness”. Or, your criteria for what constitutes “awareness” is so low that you would apply it to any dynamical system in which 2 or more objects interact.
The less-incorrect explanation is that observation in the double slit experiment fundamentally entangles the observing system with the observed particle because information is exchanged.
https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=919863