I have been re-reading the Q & A I had with Physicist Fred Alan Wolf, one particular answer struck me as tying in with I M and the influence of a collective consciousness. Now as Hilary mentioned (and rightly so), Dr. Wolf does have his detractors, but I have to think in this case he is dead on - since it makes no assumption about the nature of reality, it deals with the record of an event.
The question I posed had to do with noticing that on a picture of the photon hits on the detector screen there were a combination of dots and wave-interference. I asked how there could be both (assuming no one was in the room). Now I saw the picture, but I made the assumption that no one was in the room, I have no idea why I made that assumption since niether the picture nor the article said no one was there - he called me on it.
His reply:
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Fred Alan Wolf: "If no one observed how did you see the dots? You certainly saw them and so did the experimenter who recorded them. Once a massive record is made, the effect of the observer is negligible".
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Ultimately the explanation is some photons were detected and formed dots, others were not - forming a wave-interference pattern.
But the part that really struck me was "
Once a massive record is made, the effect of the observer is negligible".
In classical physics it's known that once an object is placed in motion it tends to stay in motion - until another force acts upon it to stop it (air, gravity, etc.) Inertia.
A record of an event is, to me, the same as inertia - that's why at that point the effect of the observer is negligible. Same principle could be applied to the collective influence of I M and why it can be hard to manifest if you are trying to counter opposing thoughts - or what is "Known" by others. Things are known, thoughts are built - they must be overcome. Could be why it's so important to continually build your thought inertia toward your goal, but be sure to allow as little opposition from others as possible (as in don't make waves with non-believers). Just my opinion, and probably not very well said - kinda off the cuff. Anyone else have any thoughts on this?