The Inside/Outside Problem

From Santa Fe Institute

George Musser, Freelance, SFI Journalism Fellow Physicists have contributed hugely to modern neuroscience and artificial intelligence, but there is -or should be - a reverse intellectual direction, too. Many of the thorniest puzzles in fundamental physics hinge on the nature of the observer, on which neuroscientists, cognitive psychologists, A.I. researchers, and philosophers of mind are the authorities. In my 2023 popular-level book, Putting Ourselves Back in the Equation, I framed these puz...