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The Universe Damaged By Observation?
ScentCone writes "The Telegraph covers a New Scientist report about two US cosmologists who suggest that, a la Schrodinger's possibly unhappy cat, the act of observing certain facets of our universe may have shortened its life . From the article: 'Prof Krauss says that the measurement of the light from supernovae in 1998, which provided evidence of dark energy, may have reset the decay of the void to zero — back to a point when the likelihood of its surviving was falling rapidly.'"
It's quite simple and easy to see. Humans observe the supernova, leading us to greater space exploration and travel. 10,000 years later, we populate the galaxy and start a racial war with the Bug Creatures of Xenon 4. To ultimately win the war, we must travel back in time and destroy their parent star, thus creating the supernova that we are now discussing. Duh.
Nope. You forgot to turn off your italics.
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