On 9 May 2015 at 10:48, Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, May 09, 2015 at 09:58:47AM +1200, LizR wrote: > > > > Plus, assuming no quantum entanglement with the environment is involved > in > > consciousness (as seems likely given the decoherence times of neurons > etc) > > I would have thought that the connection between consciousness and the > environment is entirely one of entanglement. If the environment is in > a state like Σ aᵢ|ψᵢ> and the observer is in a state Σ bᵢ|φᵢ> where an > observed property φᵢ corresponds to a physical state of the > environment ψᵢ, then the combined environment + observer state is > > Σ aᵢbᵢ |ψᵢ> ⊗ |φᵢ> > But this is just an entangled state between two systems. It just > doesn't seem like it because we're only aware of a single |ψᵢ> ⊗ |φᵢ>. > > That's too advanced for me. Can you explain how this works in terms of the (assumed to be) physical things involved, like nerve impulses? -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
