Quantum measurements are physical processes. Comment on "Consciousness and the double-slit interference pattern: Six experiments," By Dean Radin et al. [Physics Essays 25, 2 (2012)]
Abstract
The validity of the assertion that some recent double-slit interference experiments, conducted by Radin et al., would have tested the possible role of the experimenter's mind in the collapse of the quantum wave function, is questioned. It is emphasized that quantum mechanics doesn't need any psychophysical ingredient to explain the measurement processes, and therefore parapsychologists shouldn't resort to the latter to support the possibility of psychokinesis, but search for more convincing explanations.
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@article{arxiv.1207.0804,
title = {Quantum measurements are physical processes. Comment on "Consciousness and the double-slit interference pattern: Six experiments," By Dean Radin et al. [Physics Essays 25, 2 (2012)]},
author = {Massimiliano Sassoli de Bianchi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.0804},
year = {2013}
}
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This paper has been withdrawn by the author as it will be soon published in Physics Essays, and it is part of the agreement that once the copyright is transferred to the journal, the paper has to be removed from any electronic public depository