QB or not QB?
June 18, 2018 DOI: 10.22541/au.152932054.44099583 (opens in new tab)
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| Key points | The text contends that the Copenhagen interpretation, which treats an observer as essential to quantum mechanics, remains the predominant view found in most textbooks, despite many alternative interpretations proposed since. It notes that Schrödinger's cat was intended to question the observer idea, not explain it. |
Abstract
The Quantum brain (QB) question.Thanks to the so-called Copenhagen interpretation, quantum mechanics has been connected with consciousness since its early days. The group around Niels Bohr suggested that an observer is an essential part of quantum mechanics. Schrodinger's cat was an attempt to questioning that idea, not to explain it. Although many alternative interpretation have been proposed since then, the Copenhagen interpretation is still the predominant which will be found in most text books.