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Originally Posted by David Bailey  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 |
I agree. Though, it seems as though he tries to go there via integrating it with Witheadian philosophy. I'm not a big fan of that, I feel it' s far more diffuse than the rest of his work.
As I understand it, the mind gets feedback via what nature's reply (process3) to a probing action (process1). I feel that he leaves the notion of mind in his theory open to interpretation, but still changes it away from something material. The book "Irreducible Mind" talks about this, and goes beyond where Stapp himself usually goes.
This interview tries to go in more depth about these issues:
http://sts.lbl.gov/~stapp/interview.doc