[ExI] Google’s Willow Quantum Chip: Proof of the Multiverse?

[John Clark]

*The subjective experience of Many Worlds and Many Minds is identical, but
Many Minds needs to explain what fundamental laws of physics makes a
distinction between matter that behaves as a mind and matter that does not,
why quantum mechanics duplicates minds that are made of matter but not
matter that does not compose a brain. Many Worlds has no need to do that
therefore Occam's Razor says it is the superior explanation.*

On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 10:21 AM Jason Resch <jasonresch at gmail.com> wrote:


> *>>>  I think the description given by "many minds" is closer to the truth
>>> of things.*
>>>
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>> *>>Then you have to get into the problem of explaining what is and what
>> is not an "observation", and what exactly is a "mind", and explaining how
>> consciousness works.*
>>
>
> *> Not really. Because observers are just parts of physical systems.
> Unlike in Copenhagen, consciousness isn't causing magical things like
> collapse, and unlike Many Worlds, it's not causing the universe to branch.
> It is simply mutual logical consistency between the observer and what is
> observed.*
>
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>> *>> But there is no need to open that can of worms, Many Worlds can
>> provide a coherent picture of what's going on without any of that; all you
>> need is one assumption, at the most fundamental level matter obeys the same
>> laws of physics regardless of if it's smart or stupid, or conscious or
>> unconscious, or capable of making an observation or incapable of doing so.
>> Therefore Occam's Razor tells us that the Many Worlds idea is superior to
>> the Many Minds idea. *
>>
>
> *> You misinterpret the many-minds idea. It makes no special claims about
> what conscious is. No does it add any assumptions about what it can do.
> Note that even many-worlds needs to bring in consciousness to explain the
> appearance of collapse when there isn't any. This much is the same with
> many-minds.*
>

*The subjective experience of Many Worlds and Many Minds is identical, but
Many Minds needs to explain what fundamental laws of physics makes a
distinction between matter that behaves as a mind and matter that does not,
why quantum mechanics duplicates minds that are made of matter but not
matter that does not compose a brain. Many Worlds has no need to do that
therefore Occam's Razor says it is the superior explanation.*

*John K Clark*


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