uncertainty principle, take two (or maybe all that stuff on doctor who's possible)

It's been demonstrated that particles have a definite position while waves have indefinite position expressed in probabilities. At the same time, David Pincus writes that in "the act of observing a wave turns it into a particle...it is impossible to ever know the position AND the momentum of a particle at the same time." New studies suggest that observing matter not only affects the substance of the particle (particle or wave) as it is now, but how it is measured in the future affects the outcome of the measurement in the past. Simplified, the future can change the past. Basically, if you're going to read anything today, you must read this blog post about physics and psychology because it has mind blowing implications about things like the universe having consciousness.

So if the mere act of observation does affect of the nature of a particle, and we're all made up of particles, then we still effect change, however subtle, even if we're "just watching" objects and events from a distance. The acts of faith vs. a life of contemplation debate stemming from early Christianity (I'm not sure about other religions - I think it also applies to Buddhism) may be less insoluble than we thought. As well-meaning professors and textbooks try to convince us, the ideal of observational/correlational research is not just to develop and test theories but to apply the findings of the research for practical uses. One potential philosophical ramnification is that observation could actually allows us to bend time and space, that perhaps all those ivory tower intellectuals possess greater powers other than illuminating our knowledge of how things are as they are now.

Someone please correct me if I'm making erroneous conclusions and misunderstanding all of this.