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Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot  My observation or non-observation itself affects the event. |
ALG, at the point of observing the butterfly, or whatever, you are not affecting the event, as the event has not yet occurred. Your observing becomes one of a myriad of other causational factors and conditions contributing to, and leading up to, the one and only certain event that can occur.
Something only happens because the conditions to enable it to happen have been met (and your observing may be one of those conditions), otherwise it wouldn’t happen.
Scenario 1: You are observing the butterfly. The butterfly is affected to some degree by your observing along with many other factors. The butterfly must fly off to the right (for example) because of the combined causational factors.
Scenario 2: You are not observing the butterfly. The butterfly flies off to the left because of the combined causational factors.
However, there are not two outcomes. Only one scenario occurs with one certain outcome.
I agree that observation implies consciousness, but the same principle can be applied to all your thoughts, desires, decisions and actions.