Can watching (or not watching) games impact the result?

[Kshahdoo]

I mean, imagine your team is losing at the start of the 3rd, and you think about, should you start (or stop) watching the game.

As far as I understand, worlds where you watching and not watching the game are different. But are they different enough to impact the game and change the result?

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[Bear of Bad News]

Narrative bias.

 

[HabsCode]

Quality thread.

 

[eojsmada]

Schrodinger's Hockey Game?

 

[BallardEra]

No.

You’re not on the ice.

 

[the valiant effort]

I mean, imagine your team is losing at the start of the 3rd, and you think about, should you start (or stop) watching the game.

As far as I understand, worlds where you watching and not watching the game are different. But are they different enough to impact the game and change the result?

Everything we fans do impacts the game.

 

[aylib]

The matrix

 

[Mr Kot]

Based thread

 

[Blueline Bomber]

An individual game? No, that’s ridiculous. But if enough fans stop watching enough games, then you can start to see an impact on the organization.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Superstition is crazy.

 

[NobleSix]

The short answer is no.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Nope

 

[Kent Nilsson]

Nothing is real.

 

[LokiDog]

Theoretically infinite worlds exist where you watch/don’t watch and infinite instances where they win/don’t win… and your watching/not watching effected whether it did/did not impact the outcome in equally as many infinite instances. So… yes/no.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

In all seriousness , I do think it matters. If no one showed up at Ball Arena, the players wouldn’t know when to SHOOT! the puck.

 

[K1900L]

No, because not watching the game doesn't change anything about its permanence, whereas merely watching the game doesn't have any energetic influence on the game itself. Of course, given that you are an average male watching from your home and not some naked 20 year old blonde standing right behind the goaltender (or not).

 

[Calderon]

Of course it can and it does. It's called observer effect and is rather elementary. The observed system is disturbed by the act of observation. That is also why I only enjoy hockey by not watching it.

 

[Nosferatu]

Depends on many factors but probably the butter fly effect does not have enough time to reach the arena.

 

[Pablo El Perro]

Of course. The team needs you. Nobody likes a coward.

 

[Martin Skoula]

Theoretically infant worlds exist where you watch/don’t watch and infinite instances where they win/don’t win… and your watching/not watching effected whether it did/did not impact the outcome in equally as many infinite instances. So… yes/no.

I can’t wait to use this defense in court.

 

[Bounces R Way]

We live trite meaningless lives.

 

[Ghost of Murph]

I want Buffalo fans to weigh in on this one .

 

[Nikki Potnick]

Yes, I am the most important factor for my team.

 

[DitchMarner]

Of course it can and it does. It's called observer effect and is rather elementary. The observed system is disturbed by the act of observation. That is also why I only enjoy hockey by not watching it.

During the Middle Ages, people were superstitious and believed stupid things.

Then people (in the West at least) became more scientific and put much more value in cause and effect than in arbitrary notions.

There's really nothing in classical physics that suggests the act of watching a sporting event at home on television affects the outcome of the event. The players aren't directly influenced by individual fans at home, nor is there any palpable transfer of energy.

However, we still don't have a complete understanding of quantum physics. There is the observer effect and who knows how it relates to something like hockey.

 

[NotAVacuumSalesman]

If I don’t see you, you don’t exist!

That goes for your team.