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Full Idea
The conservation of energy is apparently violated by 'wave collapses' in quantum systems.
Gist of Idea
Quantum 'wave collapses' seem to violate conservation of energy
Source
David Papineau (Thinking about Consciousness [2002], A 7 n15)
Book Ref
Papineau,David: 'Thinking about Consciousness' [OUP 2004], p.255
A Reaction
One could imagine it being a little harder to verify the conservation of energy at the quantum levels, where particles and anti-particles pop in and out of existence. I've been wondering why there is some suspicion of collapses.
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