Comment on Open Thread: July 2009

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:23:24 GMT

The Perceptual Control Theory crowd here (pjeby, RichardKennaway, Kaj) will probably respond with some kind of blackbox control systems model.

I don't have a complete answer, but I can tell you what form it takes.

The quantum states in your body become entangled with a new Everett branch, branches being weighted by the Bohr probabilities. This is what your choice to find the derivative (or not) feels like. These new, random values get filtered through the rest of your architecture into coherent action, as opposed to the seizure you would have if this randomness were not somehow filtered.

I know, not much at the nuts-and-bolts level, but I hope that provides a good sketch.

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