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The Quantum Master and its Classical Emissary
R. E. Kastner
Ian McGilchrist's works present the thesis that the two hemispheres of the brain have radically different modes of interacting with the world, and that their respective perceptions…
Conventional Quantum Theory Does Not Support A Coherent Relational Account
R. E. Kastner
Quantum theory in its conventional formulation is notoriously subject to various measurement-related paradoxes, as exemplified by the "Schrodinger's Cat" and "Wigner's Friend" thou…
The Arrow of Time is Alive and Well but Forbidden Under the Received View of Physics
R. E. Kastner
This essay offers a meta-level analysis in the sociology and history of physics in the context of the so-called "Arrow of Time Problem" or "Two Times Problem," which asserts that t…
Physical Time as Human Time
Ruth E. Kastner
I dissent from the standard assertion of a "Two Times Problem," in which physical time is taken as being at odds with the human sense of a "flow of time." I provide a brief overvie…
Quantum Theory Needs (And Probably Has) Real Reduction
R. E. Kastner
The traditional, standard approach to quantum theory is to assume that the theory ``really'' contains only unitary physical dynamics--i.e., that the only physically quantifiable ev…
Unitary Interactions Do Not Yield Outcomes: Attempting to Model "Wigner's Friend"
R. E. Kastner
An experiment by Proietti {\it et al} purporting to instantiate the `Wigner's Friend' thought experiment is discussed. It is pointed out that the stated implications of the experim…