shminux comments on Stupid questions thread, October 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: shminux 14 October 2015 04:20:40PM 1 point [-]

That's probably the most useful and least controversial part of it.

Comment author: iarwain1 15 October 2015 03:41:22PM 0 points [-]

Is it still somewhat controversial? Meaning, are there respected physicists who think that conscious observers do magically cause things to happen?

Comment author: shminux 17 October 2015 04:23:09PM 2 points [-]

Roger Penrose is very respected.

Comment author: Good_Burning_Plastic 18 October 2015 10:33:48AM 0 points [-]

But "conscious observers do magically cause things to happen" isn't a good description of his hypothesis.