 There is a persistent misconception that, for von Neumann, collapse is to be invoked only when a conscious observer becomes aware of the result. As noted, this is the opposite of his view, as the cut may be placed between the observed system and the experimental apparatus, and it is for him an important point that the location of the cut be somewhat arbitrary. In spite of this, von Neumann’s position is sometimes conflated with Wigner’s speculative proposal, and Wigner’s proposal is sometimes erroneously referred to as the von Neumann-Wigner interpretation.