BTW, and as a question not relevant to this story since I don't care if he stretched the interpretation: can anyone point me to any evidence that something called "consciousness" is required to collapse the wave? I always thought it was just decoherence and that arose from any causal interaction. I don't know the source of this idea that consciousness, rather than simple interaction, is required to collapse the wave.
cd On Sep 6, 2:40 pm, Alicia Henn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmmm. I thought he did collapse it in the first experiment. Maybe it > was only the other guys that did it. That changes everything. So he is > one of the "soulless" ones that knew the outcome before it was even run. > I think I need to go back and read this one a second time. Maybe the > experiment will be different if I am more conscious of the outcome? > > Alicia > On Sep 6, 2008, at 2:35 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > The way I read it, those that cannot collapse the wave -- and the > > narrator discovers he's one of them -- are not fully consciously > > human. They lack souls, for lack of a better word. They are not as > > woven into the consciousness of the universe as others. They are > > extraneous, on a cosmic scale. > > Nan > > > In a message dated 9/6/2008 1:52:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL > > PROTECTED] > > writes: > > > Yeah, I voted to nominate it for the Nebula ballot. I thought it very > > well done, with some clever ideas. I did have one very, very big > > reservation, though. Why should I be suicidal about the twin slit, or > > because some people collapse the wave differently? I don't see it, > > really. Seems bizarrely arbitrary -- like some Victorian being > > suicidal because someone discovers space is curved. That'll likely > > keep me from voting for it on the final ballot. > > > cd > > > On Sep 6, 12:07 pm, Alicia Henn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I just read a story that Nan Kress had recommended to me last week. > > > I had been Greg Egan's biggest fan. > > > Now I wanna grow up to be Ted Kosmatka. > > > His story, "Divining Light" in the August Asimov's rocks electrons. > > > Definitely worth buying a copy on the newstand if they're still > > around. > > > > Alicia --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
