(October 15, 2020 at 8:52 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Yes. Absolutely anything that interacts with the subject/object in any way is an observer. The breeze blowing across your face is observing your cheek. The "spooky action" being referenced doesn't go away, it's just not what people think it is - again, the common perception is based on the everyday use of the term observer..which, like so much in scientific descriptions, doesn't actually capture what is being communicated with the employment of the term.ob·serv·er
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noun
a person who watches or notices something.
"to a casual observer, he was at peace"
Opposite:
participant
a person who follows events, especially political ones, closely and comments publicly on them.
"some observers expect interest rates to rise"
a person posted to an area in an official capacity to monitor political or military events.
"elections scrutinized by international observers"