Quantum Measurement as Pragmatic Information Transfer: Observer Effects on (S)objective Reality Formation

Maier, Markus A. ; Dechamps, Moritz C. und Rabeyron, Thomas (Mai 2022): Quantum Measurement as Pragmatic Information Transfer: Observer Effects on (S)objective Reality Formation. In: Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition, Bd. 2, Nr. 1: S. 16-48

Abstract

Objective: In this study, quantum measurement is conceptualized as pragmatic information transfer when an intentional observer perceives motive-relevant quantum-based outcomes. Owing to the nature of pragmatic information as described in Lucadou’s Model of Pragmatic Information, this information transfer causes an observer-dependent intentional co-formation of reality and can only be scientifically documented under reduced objectivity conditions. The effects thus reflect a “sobjective” reality that occupies the space between subjectivity and objectivity. The present study was designed to find evidence for the existence of this sobjective reality.

Method: A pre-registered micro-psychokinesis task involving a quantum random number generator assessed the impact of intentional observation on quantum-based stochastic outcomes under experimental variations of the applied measures’ objectivity.

Results: As predicted, an intentionally congruent bias in quantum-based outcomes was observed using subjective memory data from the observations when additional objective computer-stored data were not inspected and finally erased (i.e., objectivity was reduced). Quantum randomness was confirmed in a maximum objective data collection context for both stored and memory data.

Conclusion: The results indicate that pragmatic information was transferred during trial observation when scientific objectivity was reduced. The evidence for intentionally based reality formation or quantum-based random reality emergence was shown to be a function of the measurements’ objectivity levels. The data suggest the existence of a sobjective reality and that a physicalist/materialist or an intentional creation worldview depends on the presence of an intentional agent and the definition of the measurement process.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Publikationsform: Publisher's Version
• Keywords: Pragmatic information; quantum observation; duality; micro-PK; quantum random number generator; intentional creation
• Fakultät: Psychologie und Pädagogik > Department Psychologie > Allgemeine Psychologie II
• Themengebiete: 100 Philosophie und Psychologie > 130 Parapsychologie, Okkultismus
• Sprache: Englisch