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Book where the stars go black due to aliens stopping human observation collapsing quantum possibilities

Name of a book where human thoughts are affecting the universe?Need a book title: stars sent through black hole/wormholeShort story about a human who defies aliens who tell him to return to his planetAlien race (possibly feline) takes human captive en route to final battle for Earth, fleet uses relativistic velocity to destroy alien armada?Trying to find the name of a story about humanity having the power to collapse quantum states in their favourBook involving Alien Invasion, enslavement of human raceStory identification: Stranded alien ship builds Earth civilization to help it fix the spaceshipSF Book: Alien learns to love smell of roses and human sufferingShort story about aliens warning humanity not to leave EarthShort story where humans don't understand the concept of “impossible”Short story where humans are stronger than all other aliens

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In this book the stars went black and the people on Earth took a while to figure out why. The solar system had been surrounded with a 'sheet' to stop human observation. It turns out human observation was causing collapses of quantum wave forms/relativistic possibilities in the universe, and the aliens didn't like that very much.

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This is likely Greg Egan's Quarantine. Quoting from the Wikipedia summary:

The novel is set in the near future (2034–2080), after the solar system has been surrounded by an impenetrable shield known as the Bubble, presumably by an extraterrestrial civilization for unknown reasons. The Bubble permits no light to enter the solar system, and as a consequence the stars can no longer be seen, causing widespread societal panic, 'claustrophobia', and terrorist action. Neural mods are common place, designed pathways in the brain that are created with engineered, programmable microorganisms to produce a variety of effects, such as implanting skillsets, emotions, altered states of awareness or, illegally, forcing and controlling thoughts.

[...] one of the researchers responsible for the mod, Po-kwai, suspects that the Bubble may exist because humanity may have been aggressively collapsing the wave functions of alien civilizations that did not have the ability to do so, causing them harm.

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  If it is Quarantine, then I have seen the question get asked and answered before. For instance, that was the answer that was accepted for this question: scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/134724/…
  
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  From the Wikipedia summary: "Quarantine is a hard science fiction novel by Greg Egan." Hmmmmm.
  
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This is likely Greg Egan's Quarantine. Quoting from the Wikipedia summary:

The novel is set in the near future (2034–2080), after the solar system has been surrounded by an impenetrable shield known as the Bubble, presumably by an extraterrestrial civilization for unknown reasons. The Bubble permits no light to enter the solar system, and as a consequence the stars can no longer be seen, causing widespread societal panic, 'claustrophobia', and terrorist action. Neural mods are common place, designed pathways in the brain that are created with engineered, programmable microorganisms to produce a variety of effects, such as implanting skillsets, emotions, altered states of awareness or, illegally, forcing and controlling thoughts.

[...] one of the researchers responsible for the mod, Po-kwai, suspects that the Bubble may exist because humanity may have been aggressively collapsing the wave functions of alien civilizations that did not have the ability to do so, causing them harm.

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  If it is Quarantine, then I have seen the question get asked and answered before. For instance, that was the answer that was accepted for this question: scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/134724/…
  
  – Lorendiac
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  From the Wikipedia summary: "Quarantine is a hard science fiction novel by Greg Egan." Hmmmmm.
  
  – Adamant
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This is likely Greg Egan's Quarantine. Quoting from the Wikipedia summary:

The novel is set in the near future (2034–2080), after the solar system has been surrounded by an impenetrable shield known as the Bubble, presumably by an extraterrestrial civilization for unknown reasons. The Bubble permits no light to enter the solar system, and as a consequence the stars can no longer be seen, causing widespread societal panic, 'claustrophobia', and terrorist action. Neural mods are common place, designed pathways in the brain that are created with engineered, programmable microorganisms to produce a variety of effects, such as implanting skillsets, emotions, altered states of awareness or, illegally, forcing and controlling thoughts.

[...] one of the researchers responsible for the mod, Po-kwai, suspects that the Bubble may exist because humanity may have been aggressively collapsing the wave functions of alien civilizations that did not have the ability to do so, causing them harm.

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answered 8 hours ago

DavidWDavidW

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  If it is Quarantine, then I have seen the question get asked and answered before. For instance, that was the answer that was accepted for this question: scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/134724/…
  
  – Lorendiac
  8 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  From the Wikipedia summary: "Quarantine is a hard science fiction novel by Greg Egan." Hmmmmm.
  
  – Adamant
  8 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

This is likely Greg Egan's Quarantine. Quoting from the Wikipedia summary:

The novel is set in the near future (2034–2080), after the solar system has been surrounded by an impenetrable shield known as the Bubble, presumably by an extraterrestrial civilization for unknown reasons. The Bubble permits no light to enter the solar system, and as a consequence the stars can no longer be seen, causing widespread societal panic, 'claustrophobia', and terrorist action. Neural mods are common place, designed pathways in the brain that are created with engineered, programmable microorganisms to produce a variety of effects, such as implanting skillsets, emotions, altered states of awareness or, illegally, forcing and controlling thoughts.

[...] one of the researchers responsible for the mod, Po-kwai, suspects that the Bubble may exist because humanity may have been aggressively collapsing the wave functions of alien civilizations that did not have the ability to do so, causing them harm.

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answered 8 hours ago

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