Request for a review of a paper on consciousness creating reality.

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The discussion revolves around a request for a review of a paper that claims human consciousness creates reality. Participants explore the validity of the claims made in the paper and the associated blog post, addressing the technical complexity of the paper and its implications within the context of ongoing research in consciousness and reality.

Discussion Character

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  • Debate/contested
  • Technical explanation

Main Points Raised

  • One participant requests a review of a paper found on the Big Think blog regarding consciousness and reality, citing its technical nature.
  • Another participant clarifies that Physics Forums does not conduct peer reviews and states that the claims in the paper are in an area of active research where no claims are currently testable or established.
  • A different participant questions the justification of the blog post's title in relation to the actual claims of the paper, suggesting that blog posts often misrepresent scientific research.
  • It is noted that the paper itself does not focus on consciousness, mentioning the term only once in an appendix.
  • A participant shares a link to a book that may be of interest to the original poster.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express differing views on the validity of the claims made in the paper and the blog post, with no consensus reached regarding the justification of the title or the focus of the paper.

Contextual Notes

The discussion highlights the challenges of interpreting claims in emerging fields of research, particularly when they are presented in popular media versus academic contexts.

Emmanuel Pil
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The paper I refer to, I found on the Big Think blog titled "Is human consciousness creating reality? And here is the actual link to the paper. Unfortunately, this paper is too technical for me, hence the request for a review for such a big claim.

 
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Emmanuel Pil said:
request for a review
What do you mean by "review"? PF is not a journal and we don't do peer reviews of papers here.

If you are asking whether the claims in the paper are valid, the paper is in an area of very active research in which no claims are even testable by experiment at this point, let alone established. So the only possible answer to the question of whether the paper's claims are valid is "it's way too early to tell".
 
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Emmanuel Pil said:
the Big Think blog titled "Is human consciousness creating reality?
I'm not sure the blog post's title is justified by the claims of the actual paper. So if what you want is a review of the blog post's claims, as opposed to the claims of the actual paper I would say they're not justified. Which is not at all unusual for blog posts talking about research at the frontiers of science.
 
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The actual paper is not about consciousness at all. It uses the "c" word only once, in an appendix, under quotation marks.
 
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