No, the idea is not substantially different than what you linked to in the OP.
It is a question regarding can the observer effect the outcome of an experiment.
The "classic" Gedankenexperiment on this is
Schrodinger's Cat. The cat is both "alive" and "dead" inside the box and until you open it an "observe" the inside, it does not collapse to a single state.
There are actual observable experiments that show a similar phenomena. The
Double-Slit experiment is a good example.
If you put a light source behind a screen, with two slits, you will see bands of light and dark on a screen on the other side.
This is most readily explained as an interference pattern from the light waves that come from each slit. Where the light waves are in phase, you get a bright band. Where they are out of phase you get cancellation and dark bands.
What happens if you change the light source to a device that emits a single particle of light (a photon) at a time, or if you do the same thing with electrons?
If you run it long enough, you will build up the same pattern of light and dark bands, as if each particle is going though both slits and interfering with itself.
What happens if you put some sort of detector near the slits, so you can determine which slit any given particle goes through?
You don't get an interference patter of light and dark bands.
So the mere fact that you are "looking" at the slits, changes what happens.
Who's to say that my whiskey or Anni's shirt aren't having a similar effect?
My money's on the whiskey
