Quantum Mechanics and Perceptive Processes: a reply to Elio Conte

TL;DR

This paper responds to Elio Conte's comments on a previous proposal about experimentally testing wavefunction collapse through perceptual processes, clarifying key points and critiquing Conte's ideas on quantum consciousness.

Contribution

It clarifies the original proposal for testing wavefunction collapse via perception and critiques Conte's vague ideas on quantum superpositions of consciousness.

Findings

Conte missed key elements of the original proposal

Conte's ideas on quantum consciousness are vague and not cogent

The original proposal remains a viable approach for experimental testing

Abstract

Recently, Elio Conte has commented a paper by the present author devoted to analyze the possibility of checking experimentally whether the perceptual process can lead to the collapse of the wavefunction. Here we answer to the comments by Conte and we show that he has missed to grasp the crucial elements of our proposal. Morever, we discuss some ideas put forward by Conte concerning the occurrence of quantum superpositions of different states of consciousness and we show that they are rather vague and not cogent.