Anyway, the last I'd heard it was still (understandably) an undecided question. It is known though that observation effects reality so I would think it should be given some consideration.

1. Be careful about how you interpret news stories about quantum physics - quantum physics is a very confusing subject, and is often distorted severely by the reporting process.

2. Affect and effect have tremendously different meanings in this context - please don't mix them up.