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View SchemaThe Problem of Conscious Observation in Quantum Mechanical Description
| Authors | H. D. Zeh |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/9908084 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9908084 |
| Journal | Found.Phys.Lett. 13 (2000) 221-233 |
Abstract
Epistemological consequences of quantum nonlocality (entanglement) are discussed under the assumption of a universally valid Schr\"odinger equation in the absence of hidden variables. This leads inevitably to a {\it many-minds interpretation}. The recent foundation of quasi-classical neural states in the brain (based on environmental decoherence) permits in principle a formal description of the whole chain of measurement interactions, including the {\it behavior} of conscious observers, without introducing any intermediate classical concepts (for macroscopic "pointer states") or "observables" (for microscopic particle positions and the like) --- thus consistently formalizing Einstein's {\it ganzer langer Weg} from the observed to the observer in quantum mechanical terms.
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