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Nonlocality
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Non-locality refers to the idea that some things are not located in particular regions in space, but exercise their influence over widely separated regions. This arises in two different contexts. Several philosophers (most especially Samuel Alexander) have argued that mind is non-local in this sense. Secondly, quantum theory holds that the "quantum state" is non-local. Factual support for the latter comes from a detailed analysis of the results of measurements made on widely separated pairs of particles. Even when the measurements are made at the same time (as measured by ordinary clock time on the earth), the results are correlated in a way that cannot be explained in terms of there being a single event prior to both observations that established the correlation. The following papers deal with these two separate events. The connection between them is worked out in other papers on consciousness. The Nonlocality Of MindTalk given at the 5th Mind and Brain Symposium Published in the Journal of Consciousness Studies, Vol.2 (1995), pp. 231-240.Entanglement: an explanation ofr everything?Network ReviewNo. 86, Winter 2004, pp 13-16Entanglement and statistical independence for mixed quantum statesFound Phys Lett 15 (5): 495-500 Oct 2002
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