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

[The Cannon of Tesoma]

Let's watch this game of the century.

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

Yes, but it probably won't. Unless you believe in a deterministic universe, butterfly effect could certainly end up impacting the game although I'm sure the chances are very low.

Tiny changes in the starting position of a complex system can create drastic changes over time.

 

[AnInjuredJasonZucker]

Schrodinger's Hockey Game?

Schrodinger's Buffalo Sabres is always dead.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Schrodinger's Buffalo Sabres is always dead.

I like how it’s just a meme at this point. No matter what thread I click on, there’s someone kicking a dead horse. What else are you gonna do with it? Surely I can’t move it, some rich owner is responsible. Where is he? f*** him, that’s the answer.

So to OP’s question- the bastards always win. Blues. Bruins. Doesn’t matter if you watch or not- the arseholes are victorious.

 

[AnInjuredJasonZucker]

I like how it’s just a meme at this point. No matter what thread I click on, there’s someone kicking a dead horse. What else are you gonna do with it? Surely I can’t move it, some rich owner is responsible. Where is he? f*** him, that’s the answer.

So to OP’s question- the bastards always win. Blues. Bruins. Doesn’t matter if you watch or not- the arseholes are victorious.

Ah. But if you don't click on the thread, the horse is both dead and alive.

 

[The Cannon of Tesoma]

Ah. But if you don't click on the thread, the horse is both dead and alive.

Another thread is needed to prove entanglement, tho.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

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.

While the Middle Ages were a dark time for the Europeans, intellectual and scientific curiosity was thriving in the Islamic world and it was essentially the epicenter of scholarly thought prior to the Mongol invasion. Europe didn’t catch up to the Middle East/Far East until the 16th C or so in that regard.

 

[Shark Finn]

And it's not even off-, err- Christmas break.

 

[Rec T]

The short answer is no.

Long answer too...

 

[JPT]

Schrodinger's Hockey Game?

I accidentally turned on my TV and now my favorite hockey team is dead

 

[Ned Bouhalassa]

In their 2011 cup run, the Bruins won every overtime period that I listened to on my car radio, even if it meant leaving the comforts of home after 3 periods, and not seeing the winning goal live! (I’m old, so radio broadcasts are nostalgic to me).
Coincidence? I don’t think so!
Happy holidays!!

 

[Iggys Dome]

OP needs a quantum physicist to answer this question, the many worlds interpretation + double slit experiment suggest that the answer could be yes but I don’t know wtf I’m talking about tbh

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Yes, but it probably won't. Unless you believe in a deterministic universe, butterfly effect could certainly end up impacting the game although I'm sure the chances are very low.

Tiny changes in the starting position of a complex system can create drastic changes over time.

I may be out of my element here but I don’t believe determinism is incompatible with the butterfly effect, complex systems, etc

 

[Ceremony]

Absolutely.

 

[Hennessy]

I need ironic French and a cigarette for this thread.

 

[Lshap]

Watching/not-watching other women most definitely impacts the results of a marriage.

However, my lawyer has advised me not to answer the OP's question.

 

[JoVel]

Of course. The same way your Call of Duty update goes faster if you don't watch the progress bar. This isn't rocket science.