Observation and Time

hello@ghafoorsblog.com (AG Sayyed) — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Measuring something can change it, and the way we experience time may not be the whole story. Two short ideas from physics and fiction ask how much of reality is shaped by the way we look at it.

The Observer Effect

Published 2026-10-29 · Watch the short

The observer effect is often misread as human consciousness magically changing reality. The real idea is more modest: in some quantum experiments, the act of measuring a system can change it, because the measurement interacts with the particles. When scientists observe extremely small particles such as electrons, the light or energy used to measure them disturbs the system.

Time and the Participatory Universe

hello@ghafoorsblog.com (AG Sayyed) — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Time may not be the single straight line it feels like. These shorts look at a universe where past and future might coexist, where observers might help define reality, and where the hours on your clock owe as much to railways as to physics.

Published 2026-06-26 · Watch the short

Most people picture time as a line running from past to present to future. Some physicists describe a block universe, drawn from interpretations of Albert Einstein’s relativity, in which past, present and future all exist together. In that picture the forward flow of time is how our minds experience it, not a feature of the universe itself.

Perception And Reality on Ghafoor's Personal Blog

Observation and Time

The Observer Effect

Time and the Participatory Universe

The Block Universe and Time as Navigation