--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: But if I make an observation, what is to…" description: "\"“But if I make an observation, what is to determine which state I am in? This means that someone else has to observe me to collapse my wave function.”\"..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae9/michio-kaku-907_cosmic-consciousness_but-if-i-make-an-observation-what-is-to_2529289.png" --- # But if I make an observation, what is to determine which… ![“But if I make an observation, what is to determine which state I am in? This means that someone else has to observe me to collapse my wave function.” quote by Michio Kaku](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae9/michio-kaku-907_cosmic-consciousness_but-if-i-make-an-observation-what-is-to_2529289.png) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae9/michio-kaku-907_cosmic-consciousness_but-if-i-make-an-observation-what-is-to_2529289.png) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae9/michio-kaku-907_cosmic-consciousness_but-if-i-make-an-observation-what-is-to_2529289.png) > ““But if I make an observation, what is to determine which state I am in? This means that someone else has to observe me to collapse my wave function.”” [Michio Kaku](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michio-kaku/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Observation collapses quantum states; reality depends on measurement. **In simple terms:** Seeing something changes it. 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