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Quantum interference -- Miscellanea.
Consciousness.
Artificial intelligence -- Miscellanea.
Science journalism.
American essays -- 21st century.
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Musser, George.
Quantum interference -- Miscellanea.
Consciousness.
Artificial intelligence -- Miscellanea.
Science journalism.
American essays -- 21st century.
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Putting ourselves back in the equation : why physicists are studying human consciousness and AI to unravel the mysteries of the universe / George Musser.
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Musser, George.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
Call #:
070
.4495
M989p
Subjects
Quantum interference -- Miscellanea.
Consciousness.
Artificial intelligence -- Miscellanea.
Science journalism.
American essays -- 21st century.
ISBN:
9780374238766 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Why physicists are studying human consciousness and AI to unravel the mysteries of the universe
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
9 unnumbered p., 321 pages : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"A revelatory exploration of how a 'theory of everything' depends upon our understanding of the human mind. The whole goal of physics is to explain what we observe. For centuries, physicists believed that observations yielded faithful representations of what is out there. But when they began to study the subatomic realm, they found that observation often interferes with what is being observed -- that the act of seeing changes what we see. The same is true of cosmology: our view of the universe is inevitably distorted by observation bias. And so whether they're studying subatomic particles or galaxies, physicists must first explain consciousness -- and for that they must turn to neuroscientists and philosophers of mind. Neuroscientists have painstakingly built up an understanding of the structure of the brain. Could this help physicists understand the levels of self-organization they observe in other systems? These same physicists, meanwhile, are trying to explain how particles organize themselves into the objects around us. Could their discoveries help explain how neurons produce our conscious experience? Exploring these questions and more, George Musser tackles the extraordinary interconnections between quantum mechanics, cosmology, human consciousness, and artificial intelligence. Combining vivid descriptive writing with portraits of scientists working on the cutting edge, 'Putting Ourselves Back in the Equation' shows how theories of everything depend on theories of mind -- and how they might be one and the same."--From publisher.
George Musser is an award-winning journalist, a contributing editor at Scientific American, a contributing writer at Quanta Magazine, and the author of Spooky Action at a Distance. He is the recipient of a Jonathan Eberhart Planetary Sciences Journalism Award from the American Astronomical Society and of a Science Communication Award for Science Writing from the American Institute of Physics. He was a Knight Science Journalism fellow at MIT and has appeared on Today, CNN, NPR, the BBC, and other outlets. He lives in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, with his wife, daughter, and schnauzer.
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