Bell's theorem: A bridge between the measurement and the mind/body problems

This essay develops a quantum-dualistic interpretation of quantum mechanics, termed the Nietzsche-Jung-Pauli interpretation, which reimagines the Wigner-von Neumann interpretation and aligns with some readings of Bohr's quantum philosophy. It proposes that quantum reality, or "unus mundus," is both a physical, non-perspectival causal realm where the quantum-to-classical transition occurs via decoherence, and a quantum superposition of all classical psycho-physical perspectival realities governed by synchronicity and causality, corresponding to classical first-person observers. The interpretation does not identify the classical world-from-decoherence perceived with the classical world-in-consciousness perceived via collapse.

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Abstract

In this essay a quantum-dualistic, perspectival and synchronistic interpretation of quantum mechanics is further developed in which the classical world-from-decoherence which is perceived (decoherence) and the perceived world-in-consciousness which is classical (collapse) are not necessarily identified. Thus, Quantum Reality or "{\it unus mundus}" is seen as both i) a physical non-perspectival causal Reality where the quantum-to-classical transition is operated by decoherence, and as ii) a quantum linear superposition of all classical psycho-physical perspectival Realities which are governed by synchronicity as well as causality (corresponding to classical first-person observes who actually populate the world). This interpretation is termed the Nietzsche-Jung-Pauli interpretation and is a re-imagining of the Wigner-von Neumann interpretation which is also consistent with some reading of Bohr's quantum philosophy.