Quantum mechanics and consciousness: fact and fiction

Details Quantum mechanics and consciousness: fact and fiction Quantum mechanics and consciousness: fact and fiction

2001-02-09

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0102047v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

8 pages, LaTeX2e

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This article was written in response to a request from an editor of American Vedantist. It is shown that the idea that consciousness is essential to understanding quantum mechanics arises from logical fallacies. This may be welcome news to those who share the author's annoyance at consciousness being dragged into discussions of physics, but beware: The same fallacies may underlie the reader's own way of making sense of quantum mechanics. The article ends up embracing a Vedantic world view, for two reasons. For one, such a world view seems to the author to be the most sensible alternative to a materialistic one. For another, quantum mechanics is inconsistent with a materialistic world view but makes perfect sense within a Vedantic framework of thought.

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