Intelligent qubits
Alexander Givental
Abstract
We introduce the method of ``intelligent qubits,'' which replace live observers in Wigner's friend and Frauchiger--Renner thought experiments, in order to expose the source of the paradoxes: tacit substitution of Boolean hidden variables for non-commuting quantum propositions. The fallacy traces back to London and Bauer's attempt (1939) to legitimize a self-referential interpretation of observers' ``introspection,'' and thus intertwines the measurement and mind-body problems. We cut the Gordian knot by abandoning reductionism, and describe an alternative which fits, we argue, equally naturally with both physics and anthropology takes on the problems.
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