OotP Moody's magical eye and the boggart..

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No: HPFGUIDX 70409

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "T.M. Sommers" <tms2 at m...> 
wrote:
> I like to think of boggarts as sort of quantum-mechanical 
> beasties.  That is, until observed, they have no form at all, 
> just as a quantum-mechanical particle has no position until 
> observed.  What did Moody see, then?  Perhaps the thing he fears 
> is something that couldn't possibly be inside a piece of 
> furniture.  If Lupin had a magical eye, and he saw the moon 
> inside a wardrobe, it would be a pretty safe bet that it wasn't 
> really the moon.
> 
> The real question is, what does a boggart see when looking at 
> another boggart?

I see what you're saying, and I'm all for it, but I keep going back 
to my previous questions. Wouldn't the Boggart need to be in the 
presence of the person in order to feel their essence to transform 
into their worst fear? If not then what Lupin said in PoA doesn't 
hold up.