Preparing a (quantum) belief system
Physics and Society
2018-05-25 v2
Abstract
In this paper we investigate the potential for persuasion linked to the quantum indeterminacy of beliefs. We first formulate the persuasion problem in the context of quantum-like beliefs. We provide an economic example of belief manipulation that illustrates the setting. We next establish a theoretical result showing that in the absence of constraints on measurements, any state can be obtained as the result of a suitable sequence of measurements. We finally discuss the practical significance of our result in the context of persuasion. Keywords: belief, quantum-like, persuasion, measurement
Cite
@article{arxiv.1708.08250,
title = {Preparing a (quantum) belief system},
author = {Vladimir V. Danilov and Ariane Lambert-Mogiliansky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.08250},
year = {2018}
}
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Short research paper