Imagine being put in a box. Is it a small prison cell? Is it so small that you cannot move, a torture technique out of the middle ages or some 9/11 black site of torture? Imagine dying, and being reborn in the same box. Imagine a life that is a dying and an awakening and … Continue reading Coffin, Cage or Cocoon?
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Frauchiger-Renner Paradox Clarifies Where Our Views of Reality Go Wrong
"The experiment, designed by Daniela Frauchiger and Renato Renner, of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, involves a set of assumptions that on the face of it seem entirely reasonable. But the experiment leads to contradictions, suggesting that at least one of the assumptions is wrong. The choice of which assumption to give up … Continue reading Frauchiger-Renner Paradox Clarifies Where Our Views of Reality Go Wrong
