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Mind, matter, and quantum mechanics
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The main purpose of as mentioned in this paper is to resolve four basic questions concerning the nature of nature: how mind related to matter, how quantum theory related to reality, how relativity theory reconciled globally with that which locally we experience directly, namely the coming of reality into being or existence, how is relativity theory reconcileed with the apparent demand of Bell's theorem that what happens in one spacetime region must, in certain situations, depend on decisions made in a spacelike-separated region?Abstract:
The purpose of this work is to resolve together four basic questions concerning the nature of nature. These questions are: (1) How is mind related to matter? (2) How is quantum theory related to reality? (3) How is relativity theory reconciled globally with that which locally we experience directly, namely the coming of reality into being or existence? (4) How is relativity theory reconciled with the apparent demand of Bell’s theorem that what happens in one spacetime region must, in certain situations, depend on decisions made in a spacelike-separated region? These four questions will be discussed in detail later. They are probably the four most fundamental questions in science.read more
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The Principles of Psychology
TL;DR: For instance, the authors discusses the multiplicity of the consciousness of self in the form of the stream of thought and the perception of space in the human brain, which is the basis for our work.
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On the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox
TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that even without such a separability or locality requirement, no hidden variable interpretation of quantum mechanics is possible and that such an interpretation has a grossly nonlocal structure, which is characteristic of any such theory which reproduces exactly the quantum mechanical predictions.
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On the Quantum Correction For Thermodynamic Equilibrium
TL;DR: In this article, the Boltzmann formula for the probability of a configuration is given in classical theory by means of a probability function, and the result discussed is developed for the correction term.
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On the quantum correction for thermodynamic equilibrium
TL;DR: In this article, the Boltzmann formula for lower temperatures has been developed for a correction term, which can be developed into a power series of h. The formula is developed for this correction by means of a probability function and the result discussed.