Does Consciousness Influence Quantum Mechanics

PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: More info below Sign Up on Patreon to get access to the Space Time Discord Sign up for the mailing list to get episode notifications and hear special announcements Check out the Space Time Merch Store Its not surprising that the profound weirdness of the quantum world has inspired some outlandish explanations nor that these have strayed into the realm of what we might call mysticism. One particularly pervasive notion is the idea that consciousness can directly influence quantum systems and so influence reality. Today were going to see where this idea comes from, and whether quantum theory really supports it. Hosted by Matt O Dowd Written by Matt O Dowd Graphics by Leonardo Scholzer Adriano Leal Post Production: Yago Ballarini, Max Willians, Pedro Osinski Directed by: Eric Brown and Andre