Quanta and Qualia
Quantum Physics
2019-01-14 v4 History and Philosophy of Physics
Popular Physics
Abstract
I sketch a line of thought about consciousness and physics that gives some motivation for the hypothesis that conscious observers deviate - perhaps only very subtly and slightly - from quantum dynamics. Although it is hard to know just how much credence to give this line of thought, it does motivate a stronger and more comprehensive programme of quantum experiments involving quantum observers.
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@article{arxiv.1608.04804,
title = {Quanta and Qualia},
author = {Adrian Kent},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.04804},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
Contribution to panel discussion at FQXi 2016 International Conference. Further minor revisions and typo fixes