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Originally Posted by rkomar
To me, the argument that the state is indeterminate until observed sounds just like "Is the fridge light on when the door is closed?", or "If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a noise?". You can always argue that something else could be happening when we're not looking because you can't prove that it's not, but there doesn't seem to be any justification for it. You would have to prove to me what is so special about our consciousness that the rest of the world can only wait for its attention.
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Ill try answer this again. I know what you mean. This is where Lanzas book gets mindbending. He seems to be arguing that when matter is unobserved, it exists in an indeterminate state. This is hard to accept. However, as i understand it, Quantum theory does not preclude this interpretation. As I understand it, the multiple universe interpretation of Quantum theory attempts to explain where all the fuzziness of the quantum world goes when it meets the macroscopic scale. Lanza is providing a different but equally valid interpretation.
This fuzziness does seem to be real and can be utilised on the macroscopic scale. Take quantum computing, for example. It defies common sense, but it works.