Quantum mechanics needs no consciousness (and the other way around)

Details Quantum mechanics needs no consciousness (and the other way around) Quantum mechanics needs no consciousness (and the other way around)

2010-09-13

arxiv.org/abs/1009.2404v2

Physics

General Physics

8 pages, 1 figure

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It has been suggested that consciousness plays an important role in quantum mechanics as it is necessary for the collapse of wave function during the measurement. Furthermore, this idea has spawned a symmetrical proposal: a possibility that quantum mechanics explains the emergence of consciousness in the brain. Here we formulated several predictions that follow from this hypothetical relationship and that can be empirically tested. Some of the experimental results that are already available suggest falsification of the first hypothesis. Thus, the suggested link between human consciousness and collapse of wave function does not seem viable. We discuss the constraints implied by the existing evidence on the role that the human observer may play for quantum mechanics and the role that quantum mechanics may play in the observer's consciousness.

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