B Will brain-computer interfaces reveal more about QM?

[entropy1]

Will brain-computer interfaces that are hooked up to quantum measurement devices reveal more about quantum mechanics?

 

[EPR]

What is a quantum measurement device?

 

[entropy1]

What is a quantum measurement device?

I mean a device that gives the result of measurement of some quantum property, like a Stern-Gerlach magnet or a half silvered mirror. Or entanglement.

 

[EPR]

I am unsure if this is a stupid or a deep question...

Do you mean if transferring brain states to a (hypothetical) outer host will alter quantum systems states?

 

[phinds]

Why would a computer-brain interface be any better than other observational techniques. I mean, they are all electromecanical observations interpreted by a human brain so what difference would a direct brain interface make? It's likely the OBSERVATIONAL mechanism improvements will be where new data arises, not how their output gets into a brain.

 

[entropy1]

I am unsure if this is a stupid or a deep question...

Do you mean if transferring brain states to a (hypothetical) outer host will alter quantum systems states?

I was thinking influencing measurement outcomes retrocausaly and/or establishing correlations between advanced brain responses and measurement outcomes.

It may or may not be true so it seems a scientific question.

 

[entropy1]

Why would a computer-brain interface be any better than other observational techniques. I mean, they are all electromecanical observations interpreted by a human brain so what difference would a direct brain interface make? It's likely the OBSERVATIONAL mechanism improvements will be where new data arises, not how their output gets into a brain.

For one thing brain responses are much faster and quantum outcomes can be experienced directly. You are right if measurement outcomes from quantum properties are definite, the only advantage is increased processing speed of the observer, but I would like to examine if the outcomes can be influenced by the brain.

 

[phinds]

For one thing brain responses are much faster and quantum outcomes can be experienced directly.

Yes, that is clearly a SPEED advantage, but so what? It really doesn't challenge my point at all (my point being that the information derived is not going to be any better)

 

[entropy1]

Yes, that is clearly a SPEED advantage, but so what? It really doesn't challenge my point at all (my point being that the information derived is not going to be any better)

Suppose we have a photon passing a half-silvered mirror and at both ends a detector hooked up to a brain or pair of brains. We don't know which detector will detect the photon. I would want to examine if the brain influences the outcome. If it does, it may "feel" like predicting the outcome.

It may not predict the outcome but still experience some "quantumness" that is unlike any currently known experiences. I am thinking correlations between the sensations of the outcomes and other sensations in the brain.

 

[phinds]

I would want to examine if the brain influences the outcome.

Why would the brain affect the outcome when directly hooked up to the detector? I just don't get it. I think you're going to go nowhere with this line of reasoning, but that's up to you. I will bow out now.

 

[PeterDonis]

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