(2022-11-09, 04:39 PM)David001 Wrote: 25:22 "The observer is some sort of measuring device" I feel DH either missed the point here, or was merely reflecting other physicists' views. The point is, of course, that the measuring device is simply made of particles, and it is just as consistent with QM to consider an enlarged wavefunction that includes the particles of the measuring device and eventually the brain of the person doing the experiment. However consciousness only observes one outcome - so it seems to be involved at that point.
I really do hate to react to a small portion of a good post. But it it is your key premise.
Consciousness is part of nature, so it must have some quantum propensities. Consciousness doesn't only "see" final outcomes. Like the quantum wave function, possible choices and similar past events are also part of awareness. So are possible futures. Physically there is a single coherent outcome. But information science tells us that the pre-outcomes and unused plans also have a real effect as information objects.
Literature's and romance's red-meat are just these substances of alternate choices and remorse for plans not executed.