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View SchemaQuantum Brain States
| Authors | Richard A Mould |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0303064 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0303064 |
Abstract
If conscious observers are to be included in the quantum mechanical universe, we need to find the rules that engage observers with quantum mechanical systems. The author has proposed five rules that are discovered by insisting on empirical completeness; that is, by requiring the rules to draw empirical information from Schrodinger's solutions that is more complete than is currently possible with the (Born) probability interpretation. I discard Born's interpretation, introducing probability solely through probability current. These rules tell us something about brains. They require the existence of observer brain states that are neither conscious nor unconscious. I call them 'ready' brain states because they are on stand-by, ready to become conscious the moment they are stochastically chosen. Two of the rules are selection rules involving ready brain states. The place of these rules in a wider theoretical context is discussed. Key Words: boundary conditions, consciousness, decoherence, macroscopic superposition, Penrose, state reduction, von Neumann, wave collapse.
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"abstract": "If conscious observers are to be included in the quantum mechanical universe,\nwe need to find the rules that engage observers with quantum mechanical\nsystems. The author has proposed five rules that are discovered by insisting on\nempirical completeness; that is, by requiring the rules to draw empirical\ninformation from Schrodinger\u0027s solutions that is more complete than is\ncurrently possible with the (Born) probability interpretation. I discard Born\u0027s\ninterpretation, introducing probability solely through probability current.\nThese rules tell us something about brains. They require the existence of\nobserver brain states that are neither conscious nor unconscious. I call them\n\u0027ready\u0027 brain states because they are on stand-by, ready to become conscious\nthe moment they are stochastically chosen. Two of the rules are selection rules\ninvolving ready brain states. The place of these rules in a wider theoretical\ncontext is discussed. Key Words: boundary conditions, consciousness,\ndecoherence, macroscopic superposition, Penrose, state reduction, von Neumann,\nwave collapse.",
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