RE: [asa] Quantum quackery

I have no qualms in the quantum entanglement of purely physical
entities. Entanglement with conscious beings is something very
different.

Moorad

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From: Iain Strachan [mailto:igd.strachan@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 4:22 AM
To: Alexanian, Moorad
Cc: George Murphy; bdffoster@charter.net; asa@calvin.edu; Carol or John
Burgeson
Subject: Re: [asa] Quantum quackery

On 9/20/07, Alexanian, Moorad <alexanian@uncw.edu> wrote:

We know if we are alive or dead. If the cat is equally conscious,
wouldn't the cat know if it is alive or dead also?

I think one can get round that objection by replacing the cat with a
non-conscious object, such as a clock that stops when the atom decays.

Iain

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