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Coming to Grips with the Implications of Quantum Mechanics

By Bernardo Kastrup, Henry P. Stapp, Menas C. Kafatos — 2018

The question is no longer whether quantum theory is correct, but what it means.

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Currents of Consciousness, with Dr. Amit Goswami

Forget what you know or what you think you know about consciousness.

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Michael Woronko
2020
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Can Consciousness be Explained by Quantum Physics? My Research Takes Us a Step Closer to Finding Out

One of the most important open questions in science is how our consciousness is established. If quantum measurements are one day taken from the human brain, they could be compared against our results to definitely decide whether consciousness is a classical or a quantum phenomenon.

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Cristiane de Morais Smith
2021
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Quantum Mysticism: Gone but Not Forgotten

Does mysticism have a place in quantum mechanics today, or is the idea that the mind plays a role in creating reality best left to philosophical meditations? Harvard historian Juan Miguel Marin argues the former - not because physicists today should account for consciousness in their research, but...

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Lisa Zyga
2009
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The Weirdest Idea in Quantum Physics is Catching On: There May be Endless Worlds with Countless Versions of You.

According to the "many worlds" interpretation of quantum mechanics, there may be multiple copies of us living in multiple worlds.

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Corey S. Powell
2019
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Einstein’s Demon-Haunted Quantum World

Einstein hated "spooky action at a distance," but much to his chagrin, quantum mechanics remains as spooky as ever.

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Marcelo Gleiser
2021
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What God, Quantum Mechanics and Consciousness Have in Common

Theories that try to explain these big metaphysical mysteries fall short, making agnosticism the only sensible stance

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John Horgan
2021
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Did Einstein Believe in God?

Here’s what Einstein meant when he spoke of cosmic dice and the “secrets of the Ancient One.”

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Marcelo Gleiser
2021
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Do Quantum Effects Play a Role in Consciousness?

The role of biophotons in the brain is a growing area of research in neurobiology – and where there are photons there might be quantum mechanics. Betony Adams and Francesco Petruccione explore this developing, and contentious, field of quantum biophysics.

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Betony Adams and Francesco Petruccione
2021
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Does Our Brain Really Create Consciousness?

The brain creates the images, thoughts, feelings and other experiences of which we are aware, but awareness itself is already present.

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Peter Russell
2011
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Quantum Theory

With the turn of the 20th century, the field of physics underwent two major transformations, roughly at the same time. The first was Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, which dealt with the universal realm of physics.

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