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Old 03-24-2014, 09:08 PM   #401
rkomar
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Originally Posted by Rizla View Post
Lanza argues that reality is inextricably bound up with the act of observation and therefore consciousness, and that the study of consciousness has been woefully neglected by physics. I see nothing 'Deepak Chopra-style malarky' in that.
Stuff happens all over the universe without observation. What scientist could seriously believe that nothing gets decided until something is conscious of it? There is a general misunderstanding of what "observation" really means with respect to quantum physics.
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