[MD] Quantum computing

[MarshaV]

At 03:39 PM 3/15/2007, Platt wrote:
>Quoting Magnus Berg <McMagnus at home.se>:
>
> > I can agree that no one understands quantum mechanics, but that's 
> not the same
> > thing as saying that it's fuzzy. The rules of QM must be 
> extremely well defined
> > since they, despite their "unnatural" behavior, support the 
> inorganic level so
> > rigidly. Perhaps this is the wrong time to mention this but this 
> is why I think
> > QM should be a level of its own beneath the inorganic level.
>
>Hi Magnus,
>
>As one more familiar with QM than most you may find the following article
>of interest. Subsequently I would be interested in your comments about it.
>It's at:
>
>http://www.theamericanscholar.org/sp07/newtheory-lanza.html


Platt,

This was a very interesting paper.  One thing that I found very 
exciting was Lanza's mentioning, "It means that we make choices at 
every moment in what we can determine about the world.  We cannot 
know with complete accuracy a quantum particle's motion and its 
position at the same time -- we have to choose one or the 
other.  Thus the consciousness of the observer is decisive in 
determining what a particle does at any given moment."   I have been 
thinking about 'reality = experience', and I thought yes, but on a 
deeper level reality is about quality, choice and feedback.

Thank you Platt, it was a great article.

Marsha