Critique of “Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness” [Book Review]

Foundations of Physics 37 (11):1612-1627 (2007)
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The central claim that understanding quantum mechanics requires a conscious observer, which is made by B. Rosenblum and F. Kuttner in their book “Quantum Enigma: Physics encounters consciousness”, is shown to be based on various misunderstandings and distortions of the foundations of quantum mechanics

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