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

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The Problem With Consciousness Collapse Theory

The problem with doing this consciousness collapse theory in terms of Phi which would make a lot of things so much technically simpler. It seems like you could put a system into a superposition of distinct conscious experiences But it's not a superpositions of Phi but then on the Phi model, there's no collapse. So if you actually want a conscious collapse model You have to move away from the iit quantity of Phi and move into its model of the quality of consciousness Which is what we call Q-shape Originally called maximally irreducible conceptual structure too much of a mouthful Tiononi called it a shape in Q space.

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