If the intent to observe that occur is vigilant enough, then the object will actually follow the bizarre path of evolution. You can make things happen simply by intending them to happen, if you observe what you intend with great vigilance. That means with intense observation occurring over very short time intervals, more or less continuously but along a new unexpected track. A watched pot boils on a cake of ice, if you intend it to. I need to point out that intent and intentions are not the same.
Intent refers to a vigorous action of vigilant observations along a specific path of evolution.
It matters little what you hope for or even what you expect will happen passively. The direction of evolution is determined as you go and depends on where you focus your observation. Thus intent requires a quantum physical basis. Intention, on the other hand, is a classical mechanical concept. One sets in motion a certain expectation and then hopes for the best.