So, what you're saying is, my thought experiment just illustrates what is already commonly believed.
Ah well. Kant said that genius is the ability to independently arrive at and understand concepts that would normally have to be taught by another person, so I'll take solace in that.
Yes, that's what I'm trying to say. Not requiring consciousness avoids the problem.
I was under the impression that the wavefunction collapses upon observation in some interpretations. Am I mistaken?
I'm just a physics dilettante, so if I make no sense, please forgive me.
Imagine any setup that creates macroscopic effects from quantum events. The setup is isolated from observation. Schrödinger's cat would work, but I happen to like cats so we'll just say a light either goes on or doesn't...