Classicality of Consciousness in Quantum Darwinism

TL;DR

This paper introduces a toy model demonstrating how quantum states exhibiting Quantum Darwinism can lead to perceptions that are more classical, bridging the gap between quantum states and conscious perception.

Contribution

It proposes a simple toy model showing the relationship between Quantum Darwinism and the classicality of conscious perceptions, highlighting how quantum states can produce more classical perceptions.

Findings

Quantum Darwinism correlates with more classical perceptions

Toy model illustrates perception variability based on quantum states

Quantum states can produce perceptions with different degrees of classicality

Abstract

A simple toy model is proposed that would allow conscious perceptions to be either classical (perceptions of objects without large quantum uncertainties or variances) or highly quantum (e.g., having large variances in the perceived position within a single perception), and yet for which plausible quantum states exhibiting Quantum Darwinism would lead to much higher measures for the classical perceptions.