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Old 04-07-2008, 04:28 PM
David Bailey David Bailey is offline
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Originally Posted by Paul C. Anagnostopoulos View Post
From here: http://www-physics.lbl.gov/~stapp/WallaceComments.doc

So I guess there is none of this quantum Zeno effect stuff going on in any organisms except H. sapiens. I swear I've never read anything about Copenhagen being explicitly about consciousness.

~~ Paul
Who says this is only for humans (or at least I don't)?

My problem with Stapp, is that even after mountains of verbiage, I never seem to discover what his image of mind is. I mean, if it sits outside and makes quantum measurements, how does it learn about the results? Can it see the consequences of a quantum observation in the future, and choose on that basis (one thinks of presentiment)? Where do minds come from, do they stick around after we die, etc. His theory never seems to deal with such questions - probably because his funding would decay exponentially if he strayed into such matters!

David
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