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Originally Posted by MarieMarie
I skimmed through the article: it's cool. It mainly says that quantum theory might play a part in how our brain works, which is something different from what I was talking about: it seems implausible but might be true for all I know, and as far as I'm concerned that still lies within the definition of consciousness just being mechanical and instinctive.
The article itself talks about a variation on the thought experiment that I mentioned: measurements after a particle goes through the slit still collapses the wave function. Hence it is neither a measurement, or our consciousness, influencing the particle.
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All processes are mechanical. That's not the point. The million dollar question is whether or not life forms persist in some way after death. That's where the interest in exploring the link between the mind and quantum physics comes from.