This is like
the quantum measurement problem disturbing the system.
«New approach to
the quantum measurement problem.»
Yet he falls short of demonstrating that consciousness is the key to resolving
the quantum measurement problem.
Not exact matches
But then he wants to argue that the
problem of making
quantum measurements requires consciousness for its resolution — which, if true, would certainly strengthen the case for his nonmaterialist interpretation of mind.
Other interpretations of
quantum theory — of which there are at least half a dozen — deal with the
measurement problem by suggesting even more far - fetched concepts than a universe dependent on
measurement.
This apparent contradiction, known as the
measurement problem, has a long history going back to the early days of
quantum mechanics.
Once the students graduate and start doing research, the
problems continue: to exactly determine the state of some
quantum system in an experiment, one has to carefully prepare it and make lots of
measurements, over and over again.
Until now, atomic clocks have treated each atom as a separate
quantum particle, and interactions among the atoms posed
measurement problems.
Shannon Hall quotes Michael Hall as saying that the main
problem with Hugh Everett's many - worlds interpretation of
quantum mechanics comes from confusion over what constitutes a
measurement (21 January, p 28).