How does standard QM explain it? They mention several times that it does so via a "law of reciprocity" which is involved when a system switches states. But how do you apply QM when the "system" is a person? Are they assuming that decision making comes down to the state of some quantum-scale system that the person is using as a source of randomness?
On 18 June 2014 05:03, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: > Quantum effects in belief. Can comp explain this? > > Brent > > -------- Original Message -------- > > > *In recent years, quantum probability theory has been used to explain a > range of seemingly irrational human decision-making behaviors. The quantum > models generally outperform traditional models in fitting human data, but > both modeling approaches require optimizing parameter values. However, > quantum theory makes a universal, nonparametric prediction for differing > outcomes when two successive questions (e.g., attitude judgments) are asked > in different orders. Quite remarkably, this prediction was strongly upheld > in 70 national surveys carried out over the last decade (and in two > laboratory experiments) and is not one derivable by any known cognitive > constraints. The findings lend strong support to the idea that human > decision making may be based on quantum probability.* > > *These findings suggest that quantum probability theory, initially > invented to explain noncommutativity of measurements in physics, provides a > simple account for a surprising regularity regarding measurement order > effects in social and behavioral science.* > > http://phys.org/news/2014-06-quantum-theory-reveals-puzzling-pattern.html > > http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/06/11/1407756111 > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
