By extention, it’s the same principle that makes battered housewives stay with the slimey dushbags that batter them. ‘The mere act of observation effects what’s being observed.’ And it’s not just observation alone that determines the effect, but the quality of observation. If someone looks at you like you’re stupid, ugly and worthless enough you start to feeel that way. It’s even worse if they tell you so on a regular basis, because then you start to tell yourself, and the more you tell yourself the more you start believing it, and eventually belief leads to reality.
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