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An Observer (n.) sees ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the person he is equipped to see: the judging observer catches the conscious character, the perceiving observer the unconscious one.

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An Observer (n.) cannot ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠disregard his own complexes in psychology, because they do not disregard him; his constitution, the most absolutely prejudiced thing in him, decides his theory.

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The Observer (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the one immediate guarantor of reality: without him there is no world and no truth, and even physics runs into him at the decisive point.

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The Observer (n.) cannot ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠finally be eliminated from the picture of the world, as modern physics shows, so the psychic premises of knowledge stay operative despite the nominalist hope of observer-free objectivity.

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The Observer (n.) alters ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the unconscious as atomic physics alters its object: the act of observation changes what is observed, so its real nature cannot yet be objectively determined.