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> We envision two possible mechanisms that could explain the actualization of the variables: 1. The actualizations happens spontaneously as time passes. This view is compatible with reductionism and it does not necessarily require any effects of top-down causation. Note that this mechanism resembles, in the context of quantum mechanics, objective collapse models such as the “continuous spontaneous localization” (CSL) [23, 25]. 2. The actualization happens when a higher level requires it. This means that when a higher level of description (e.g., the macroscopic measurement apparatus) requires some physical quantity pertaining to the lower-level description to acquire a determined value, then the lower level must get determined. In quantum mechanics a similar explanation is provided by the Copenhagen interpretation and, more explicitly, by the model in Ref. [37].

https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.03697

Seems like a framework for the Simulation Theory.

parent ffhhj 6 years ago

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