I look forward to taking a look. I read his previous attempt at this, about 3 years ago, and it looked like an interesting approach, albeit embryonic (there were bits that didn't sound right, for instance).
Cheers On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 04:28:57AM -0800, ronaldheld wrote: > I see you beat me to posting this. > Ronald > > On Mar 1, 12:55 am, Brent Meeker <meeke...@dslextreme.com> wrote: > > http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1102/1102.5339v1.pdf > > > > CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE > > QUANTUM > > Don N. Page > > Theoretical Physics Institute > > Department of Physics, University of Alberta > > Room 238 CEB, 11322 89 Avenue > > Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G7 > > (2011 Feb. 25) > > Abstract > > Sensible Quantum Mechanics or Mindless Sensationalism is a framework > > for relating consciousness to a quantum universe. It states that each con- > > scious perception has a measure that is given by the expectation value of a > > corresponding quantum awareness operator in a fixed quantum state of the > > universe. The measures can be interpreted as frequency-type probabilities > > for a large set of perceptions that all actually exist with varying > > degrees of > > reality, so detailed theories within this framework are testable. The > > measures > > are not propensities for potentialities to be actualized, so there is > > nothing > > indeterministic in this framework, and no free will in the incompatibilistic > > sense. As conscious perceptions are determined by the awareness operators > > and the quantum state, they are epiphenomena. No fundamental relation is > > postulated between different perceptions (each being the entirety of a > > single > > conscious experience and thus not in direct contact with any other), so > > SQMor > > MS, a variant of Everett s many-worlds framework, is a many-perceptions > > framework but not a many-minds framework. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Mathematics UNSW SYDNEY 2052 hpco...@hpcoders.com.au Australia http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
