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.

Perception - Attention and the Body

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

Your brain decides what reaches awareness. It drops constant smells, still listens for your name, builds dream scenes into a waking room, turns expectation into bodily feeling and changes your behaviour when you think someone is looking.

Nose Blindness and the Filtered Home

Published 2026-08-12 · Watch the short

You cannot smell your own house, though every visitor can. This is olfactory adaptation, sometimes called nose blindness. The nose keeps sending signals, but when a smell stays constant the brain decides it is no longer new information and stops flagging it. The video says this frees attention for something that may matter, such as smoke or spoiled food.

Observer-Effect on Ghafoor's Personal Blog

Observation and Time

The Observer Effect

Perception - Attention and the Body

Nose Blindness and the Filtered Home