Re: Original Sin

Richard Dudley wrote:

On Dec 3, 6:36 pm, Gareth McCaughan <Gareth.McCaug...@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Dianelos Georgoudis wrote:

A very recent (2006) book that exhaustively
explains why the only possible implication of quantum mechanics is
that consciousness creates reality is "Quantum Enigma: Physics
Encounters Consciousness" written by Bruce Rosenblum and Fred Kuttner,
two physics professors of the University of California at Santa Cruz.

If it really claims that "the only possible implication of
quantum mechanics is that consciousness creates reality"
then, sorry, it's obviously wrong.

Are you going to explain *how* its obviously wrong ?

In the same sort of way as it would be obviously wrong to say
"the only possible implication of Newtonian mechanics is that
every person has a guardian angel" or "the only possible
implication of Darwinian evolution is that the Riemann hypothesis
is false".

(You'll be able
to browse inside the book to some degree on amazon.com) I'm curious to
know where these two writers make errors in their assessment, in your
view.

I had a little browse, but wasn't successful in finding a
defence of the claim that consciousness creates reality.
(I found something that might or might not have been a
statement of the claim.) But I did notice that the very
last thing the book says is:

| Nonexperts can therefore come to their own conclusions.
| We hope yours, like ours, are tentative.

I don't think "the only possible implication of quantum
mechanics is that consciousness creates reality" is a
statement of a *tentative* conclusion, and therefore
conclude that either the authors of the book are inconsistent
or Dianelos has not accurately represented their conclusions.

--
Gareth McCaughan
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