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Another good question. An observable is simply a dynamical value that one can measure (e.g. momentum, position, spin, angular momentum etc.). These are represented by hermitian operators because that enforces that the eigenvalues (what we measure) always be real
And an "observer" in QM is nothing spooky. At the end of the day it means to measure an observable. So a really tiny slit that confines a photon to a small region of space can be said to have measured its location
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Understood. Does it have anything to do with consciousness affecting the result ?
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No, that's a common misconception. People just tend to associate the word "observation" with consciousness, but for all intents and purposes "observation" is simply an interaction with the system. *That* is what causes wave function collapse.
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