Notes on Quantum Mechanics and Consciousness
arXiv Preprint Archive August 13, 2005 Elemer E Rosinger
Human consciousness played a crucial a priori role in the discovery or creation of both classical and quantum mechanics, a role more fundamental than any a posteriori interplay between consciousness and these theories during experiments or measurements. Recent attempts to connect or reduce human consciousness to quantum mechanical processes often draw a sharp distinction between consciousness in classical versus quantum mechanics, emphasizing the exceptional character of the latter. However, the specific features consciousness may exhibit when interacting with quantum systems could have other explanations that are equally plausible and well founded.