Quantum measurement: decoherence and consciousness
April 1, 2001 DOI: 10.1070/pu2001v044n04abeh000942 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
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| Key points | Argues that quantum measurement uncovers a novel aspect of natural linkages resembling consciousness, potentially prerequisite for its emergence, though full clarification remains for future research. |
Abstract
structures of intellect on the idea of implicative links and dependences in the consciousness. According to him, ``none of the concepts expressing physical causality... are applicable to the understanding of linkages in the realm of consciousness'' (see Ref. [7], p. 19). Thus, even though it is a long way from the problem of quantummeasurement to the problem of consciousness, the problem of quantum measurement uncovers a new and uncommon aspect of links and dependences in Nature, whose properties resemble the properties of consciousness and whose existence in Nature is prerequisite for the emergence of consciousness. However, the clarification of all these circumstances is a task for the future.