Quantum and Choice
peace,
Let’s say the quantum phenomenon operated on a scale relevant to affecting brain activity:
I don’t understand why this can’t be the opening to choice – we choose and the chain has to start somewhere, so the particle collapses to exactly the point needed to perform the intended action. (According to what you wrote in the article from “Knowing in the Land…” that statistical distribution does not necessarily indicate randomness)
(This follows your statement that the randomness of quantum mechanics prevents it from being a selection mechanism)
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Hi. What I mean is that I don't understand what prevents him from saying that the randomness we attribute to quantum is due to our lack of understanding of the mechanisms that lead to collapse in one place or another. Just as we describe things in other systems in terms of probability even though there is a mechanism (like chaotic systems).
Thanks for your attention (1).
This is the hidden variables thesis, most of whose versions have been rejected. Furthermore, selection does not give a distribution at all, so it cannot be the explanation for the distribution that we get in quantum mechanics.
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