I love it when people cite the observer effect as proof of a soul. It sounds good to uninformed woo-believers, but it completely ignores the fact that a mindless, soulless camera will have the exact same effect on quantum particles as a human observer. So, if you want to argue that it's proof of a soul, you have to argue cameras have souls, too.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
