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Old 02-January-2009, 07:04 PM
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Another possibility---supported by Von Neummann's Chain---is that consciousness does indeed exist independently; it would be part of the system, but also outside it. Not saying that is the case, just saying it could be.
Yes, once you've taken the (big!) decision to resuscitate Cartesian dualism in order to tidy up the measurement problem, I suspect the substance of consciousness (whatever it may be) would also require exotic properties with respect to time and non-locality.

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