Great discussion. Thanks for posting it. Much of it above my head. But I take solace in the observation that it's above the head of the participants as well! AG
On Sunday, February 11, 2018 at 3:30:04 PM UTC-7, Bruce wrote: > > Scott Aaronson has an interesting blog entry on quantum interpretations: > > https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=3628 > > He seems somewhat conflicted over which interpretation to believe..... > "Anyway, as I said, MWI is the best interpretation if we leave ourselves > out of the picture..... what would it be like to be maintained in a > coherent superposition of thinking two different thoughts A and B, and > then to get measured in the |A>+|B>, |A>-|B> basis? Would it even be > like anything? Or is there something about our consciousness that > depends on decoherence, irreversibility, full participation in the arrow > of time, not living in an enclosed little unitary box .... something > that we'd necessarily destroy if we tried to set up a large-scale > interference experiment on our own brains, or any other conscious > entities?" > > I think the idea that consciousness depends on full participation in the > arrow of time -- namely, the irreversible formation of memories -- is > something that need to be taken seriously. > > Bruce > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
