The Physicist Inside the Ambiguous Room: an argument against the need of
consciousness in quantum mechanical measurement process
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2105.02174v4
- Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2021 14:30:17 GMT
- Title: The Physicist Inside the Ambiguous Room: an argument against the need of
consciousness in quantum mechanical measurement process
- Authors: Carlo Roselli
- Abstract summary: This paper aims to invalidate the hypothesis that consciousness is necessary for the quantum measurement process.
A specific strategy has enabled me to plan the experiment in such a way as to logically justify the inconsistency of the above hypothesis.
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- Abstract: This paper aims to invalidate the hypothesis that consciousness is necessary
for the quantum measurement process. To achieve this target, I propose a
considerable modification of the Schroedinger cat and the Dead-Alive Physicist
thought experiments, called 'PIAR', short for Physicist Inside the Ambiguous
Room. A specific strategy has enabled me to plan the experiment in such a way
as to logically justify the inconsistency of the above hypothesis and to oblige
its supporters to rely on an alternative interpretation of quantum mechanics in
which the real-world phenomena exist independently of our conscious mind and
where observers play no special role. Moreover, in my description, the
measurement apparatus will be complete, in the sense that the experiment, given
that it includes also the experimenter, will begin and end exclusively within a
sealed room. Hence, my analysis provides a logical explanation of the
relationship between the observer and the objects of her/his experimental
observation; this and a few other implications are discussed in the fifth
section and the conclusions.
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