Thread by @thedarshakrana

In 1962, this Hungarian physicist accidentally found we're living in a simulation.

He proved:

• Observing shapes reality
• Realities can coexist
• Universe requires minds to exist

But, scientists mocked him for 50 years

Here's why his discovery will haunt you forever: 🧵

His name was Eugene Wigner

A Nobel Prize-winning physicist
And one of the last true polymaths

But in 1962
He wrote a short paper that would disturb science forever:

“The Problem of Measurement in Quantum Mechanics”

Wigner was obsessed with a strange question:

What happens to reality before we look at it?

Quantum physics said particles remain in a fuzzy *maybe* state
Neither here nor there

Until someone observes them

Then, reality “collapses” into one version

But here’s where Wigner went too far

He said:
The collapse doesn’t happen just because something *interacts* with a particle

It only happens when a *conscious mind* observes it

In his words:
"It is not possible to formulate the laws of quantum mechanics without reference to consciousness"

Wigner's argument stunned the scientific world

Because if true, it means:

• Consciousness shapes physical reality
• Reality is incomplete without a *mind*
• The universe cannot exist without an observer

He turned physics into philosophy

To test his theory
Wigner proposed a thought experiment:

“Wigner’s Friend”

A friend sits in a lab and observes a quantum event
Wigner is outside the lab, unaware of the result

Two realities now exist:

• One where the event happened
• One where it didn’t

Both are true—until Wigner looks

This broke physics

Here's why:

Because it implied the universe isn’t objective
There’s no single reality

Reality is relative to the observer
And multiple timelines may exist at once

Like quantum *Schrödinger’s Lives*
All waiting to be watched

Scientists hated it

Many called it “metaphysical nonsense”
Others said Wigner was betraying physics for mysticism

But the math held up
The logic was sound

And now—60 years later—some of the world’s top physicists are catching up

Modern quantum theories now echo Wigner:

• “Participatory Universe” – John Wheeler
• “QBism” – Conscious agents create probabilities
• “Multiverse” – Every possibility is real somewhere

Even *quantum computing* is built on this strange observer-dependent logic

So what does this mean for *you*?

According to Wigner:

• Your mind helps bring reality into existence
• There are infinite versions of your life playing out
• You are not a passive being in the universe
• You are a *co-creator* of it

Let that sink in:

The universe does not happen *to* you
It happens *through* you

You’re not just matter
You are meaning

And without your awareness

Reality might not exist at all

Wigner died in 1995

Ridiculed by many
But quietly honored by those who saw the future

Today
His “Wigner’s Friend” paradox is one of the most studied problems in quantum physics

Because it forces us to ask:

What is consciousness really?

The deeper question Wigner left us:

If the universe needs consciousness to exist…

Then what was here before minds evolved?
Whose mind made the Big Bang collapse into *reality*?

Unless…

The universe itself is *a mind*

Think about this next time you say:

“This isn’t real”
“This can’t be happening”
“This reality sucks”

Because maybe
Just maybe

You’re the one holding the switch
To a different one

If Wigner was right
Then your mind is not just a byproduct of the universe

It’s the architect of it

And every thought you think
Every belief you hold
Every choice you make

Alters the shape of your world

Don’t ignore this

• You’re not stuck
• You’re not small
• You’re not helpless

You’re part of something far more powerful than you realize

Reality is listening

And it’s waiting for *you* to choose

You're living in a mental matrix designed to keep you small.

But there's a way out.

My book *Escape The Mental Matrix* gives you the framework to break free, think clearly, and reprogram your life.

Get it now.
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