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#33 – Testing consciousness causes collapse: an interview with Kelvin McQueen

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The Quantum Zeno Effect

The quantum zeno effect tells us that if you continuously strongly measure a quantum system then you'll freeze it um So why does that come up here? Well on our model it's as if consciousness is being continuously measured Right, so if consciousness cannot superpose It's asif consciousness itself is being continuously strongly measured to keep it in a definite state of consciousness all the time Okay, so that means if you run through the usual argument for the quantum zeno Effect that consciousness freezes. But that actually raises a very serious objection a devastating objection coming from theQuantumZoematology.com. We distinguish two collapse models One is absolute superposition resistance and the other is approximate superposition resistance

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