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Article 3708 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: weemba@libra.wistar.upenn.edu (Matthew P Wiener)
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Subject: Re: QM nonsense
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Date: 13 Feb 92 19:12:42 GMT
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In-reply-to: simonk@castle.ed.ac.uk (Simon Kinahan)

In article <17872@castle.ed.ac.uk>, simonk@castle (Simon Kinahan) writes:
>  For those of us who do not have Wigner and von Neumann's work on
>measurement will you please tell us what is wrong with the idea that a
>brain is not necessary for wave function collapse.

It's not so much that there is something wrong with it, just the assertion
that experiment has shown that there is something wrong with it.  Quantum
measurement is not pinned down by quantum theory.  Since all experiments
to date validate quantum theory, they do not tell us where wave collapse
has happened.
-- 
-Matthew P Wiener (weemba@libra.wistar.upenn.edu)


