Chapter 30: Quantum Computing and Schrodinger’s Cat Paradox

 

Up to this point I have used the word ‘measuring’ to denote the interaction of the mind/brain with world P, but that word can mean ‘measuring logically’ or ‘measuring illogically’. This distinction gives insight into world P with a little thought experiment.

 

Repeating from the previous chapter: to illustrate the current scientific thinking: ‘when individual photons are directed at a pair of slits in some otherwise impermeable material. Each slit is equipped with a detector. It has been shown that when the detectors are turned off, the photons pass through both slits simultaneously. But when the detectors are turned on, the photons must “make a choice” about which slit to pass through. This is what is meant by the “collapse” of the photon’s wave function.’ (Beyond Reason, A. K. Dewdney, p 179)

 

This again illustrates the problem when viewing word P phenomenon in the world O view, and this ‘problem’ has been cited for a century! As soon as it is accepted that the universe is a probability space supporting logic and not space-time, the ‘problem’ disappears! There is no problem because nothing is determined until the mind is engaged in the measurement!

 

It is NOT the duality of the particle and wave that is the basis of quantum mechanics (even if that was why it was set up), that is, the physical aspects of the quantum (world O view), it is the logical aspects (of world P) of providing a reference point to DEFINE the logic of measurement in order for it to be possible to determine it in some form. In other words, a duality is needed between the particle and the observer because measurement of length and time is not available in world P, as it is a probability space.

 

My little thought experiment is: if the waveform changes when the detectors are turned on, does the waveform change when the detectors are on, but return gibberish or faulty readings? We know that the waveform collapses if a record has been made, and no one has looked at the result. ‘Analysis of an actual experiment found that measurement alone (for example by a Geiger counter) is sufficient to collapse a quantum wave function before there is any conscious observation of the measurement.’ (Wikipedia, Schrodinger’s cat, Interpretation of the experiment, Copenhagen interpretation)

 

Two paragraphs above states that ‘a duality is needed between the particle and the observer’, and recording the result, even if the observer has not seen the result, the duality has occurred. I maintain that if the detector returns a random result, this duality will not occur. I could set up the experiment to test it, but let’s look more closely at the problem and see what logic can do. The Mathematics of the Mind means a range of concepts (attractors) from different parts of the book, so I’ll have to repeat certain quotations and derivations.

 

The current thinking, as above, is the ‘“collapse” of the photon’s wave function’ when the detectors are turned on does something. A photon is energy and I find it difficult to believe that it has other capacities than to contain energy, by Occam’s razor. So, what’s happening and why?

 

‘Any fully programmable computer can simulate any other such machine … conjecture is known as Church’s thesis, named after the American logician Alonzo Church…. All attempts to arrive at a definition of what it means to compute something seem to result in equivalent machines … words for the process of step-by-step development of an idea abounded: “mental process,” “effective procedure,” “algorithm.”’ (Beyond Reason, A. K. Dewdney, p 164)

 

If this quotation represents the current thinking, I have to point out that throughout this book I have been talking about the ninth sense (creativity/consciousness), which our mind/brain has had for a very long time. Computers are designed to insulate the signals that are moving around so that they are not corrupted. Our brains are designed to corrupt the signals to a certain extent, by inducing parts of inter-related thoughts into our consciousness to create ‘creativeness’, and so the brain cannot be compared with a computer. Further, the laying down of memories introduces corruption, by necessity, as shown in the chapters on the brain.

 

Looking at quantum computing, ‘given sufficient computational resources, however, a classical computer could be made to simulate any quantum algorithm, as quantum computation does not violate the Church-Turing thesis’ (Wikipedia, Quantum computer) Thus, quantum computing cannot be compared with the brain if it obeys Church’s thesis, and similar to computers, is a faster means of computing via a program. This is, of course, for the good because the brain/mind is not good at calculations, though there are certain people with computational abilities, but they are often disadvantaged otherwise.

 

The first chapter that was written, and started the concepts in this book was chapter 6: Dancing, Nutrition, Poker Machines, Philosophy and Quantum Mechanics, and it recognised the difficulty in processing logic with the brain/mind and comparing concepts together. The next chapter was chapter 7: a Mathematics of the Mind and so forth according to the numbers on the right hand side in the Index to the book.

 

Back to ’the photons must “make a choice” about which slit to pass through. This is what is meant by the “collapse” of the photon’s wave function.’ Why should the wave function collapse? Obviously something that the photon relates to, has been turned on, and is it the detectors? The detectors are space-time measuring devices designed to measure photons, so the detector is world O and P, and the photon is ‘probability energy’ in world O and P, and the detectors only exist if a brain/mind constructed them to operate in world P, and the brain/mind operates in world P because our minds are based on logic, which is the basis of consciousness, sentence making, decision making etc., and thinking, in general. In fact five ‘dimensions’ describe everything that we see, feel, think etc.

 

The detectors are an extension of us, and if we turn the detectors on, but don’t look at the results, the effect occurs, from above. This is Schrodinger’s Cat Paradox. To clarify, our mind uses the same dimension as the photon and the universe (remember that they are ALL linked) and that dimension is logic (Half-truth), and our mind, which uses logic affects the photon and universe because they are linked through the logic dimension (Half-truth).

 

In other words, the detectors are extensions of the mind and it is the mind that is in tune with the universe through logic (Half-truth) not the detectors, but we know the result is there, in the detectors, so the waveform collapses, or put another way, the Half-truth is determined. So, there is no ‘spooky action at a distance’ nor is there ‘spooky logic’, and everything is simple and logical if we go about it the correct way, and my little thought experiment is, if we don’t have ANY way of knowing the result, nothing happens.

 

postscript: In the previous chapter, it was shown that the speed of the effects of gravity were transmitted instantaneously throughout the universe because of the logical necessity that the total energy remain constant at all times. In a similar way, the speed of propagation of the knowledge of logical interactions must be instantaneous, otherwise there would be areas of different knowledge, which is illogical.

 

The brain/mind is a superlative ‘logic machine’ with creativity and consciousness built-in, which evolved over 3,000 million years and is a huge improvement on computers when it comes to logic. Computers use the logic that we program into them, and why make a computer with a brain like ours when we already have the system in place. Everything is in place, but are we using our mind/brain to its fullest capacity? I have mentioned that the mind/brain is a component, along with many other parts of the body that can handle huge increases in what we are asking of it.

 

The necessary step is to increase the load or its use slowly to build that ability. The components, like brain, muscles, balance, speed of movement etc will only be increased reluctantly because it is heritable to use the least resources to live and use the componentization for breeding. We need to improve our use of the body’s components and that will only occur through the three factors mental state, nutrition and exercise as mentioned in this book.

 

I have used examples across the spectrum, but the most ‘telling’ are those from fundamental physics because it is the place where space-time is ‘stressed’ and can’t handle the situation because it is incomplete (not to mention problems in the ‘softer’ sciences). If there wasn’t a problem with the current way of thinking, how could an ordinary person, like me, determine the speed of gravity when millions of dollars are spent on the search? This success suggests similar success in reaching solutions in the social sciences, and shows that a new mathematics is needed, a fifth dimension added and the realization that the brain and body do not deteriorate (so quickly) if treated correctly, and can improve with age!