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>From: mcdermott-drew@CS.YALE.EDU (Drew McDermott)
Subject: Re: Hypothesis: I am a Transducer (Formerly "Virtual Grounding")
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  In article <1992Jun5.130022.26367@cs.ucf.edu> clarke@acme.ucf.edu (Thomas Clarke) writes:
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  >DID ANYONE EVER WONDER WHY ALL THE DISCUSSIONS OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL 
  >PROBLEMS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS ALWAYS SOMEHOW INVOLVE A 
  >CONSCIOUS OBSERVER?

The many-worlds interpretation dispenses with conscious observers,
which is good, because if there is ever to be an explanation of
consciousness as a property of matter, our fundamental theory of matter
cannot presuppose consciousness.

                                             -- Drew McDermott


