Quantum measurements are physical processes. Comment on Consciousness and the double-slit interference pattern: Six experiments, by Dean Radin et al. [Phys. Essays 25, 157 (2012)

摘要

The validity of the assertion that some recent double-slit interference experiments, conducted by Radin et al. [Phys. Essays 25, 157 (2012)], would have tested the possible role of the experimenter's mind in the collapse of the quantum wave function is questioned. It is emphasized that quantum mechanics does not need any psychophysical ingredient to explain the measurement processes, and therefore parapsychologists should not resort to the latter to support the possibility of psychokinesis, but search for more convincing explanations.