What is an observer? In the fifth and final part of their discussion, Jim Hartle and Bernard Carr discuss the nature of observers.
The Observer Strikes Back
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Should we think of all complex structures as observers, or is there something else--such as consciousness--that makes a system an observer? This discussion was conducted at the Denys Wilkinson Building, Oxford, on October 18, 2016.
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How fragile is our world? What physics led to the existence of life, and how likely --or unlikely-- were these conditions to come about? In this video series we assemble top researchers and approach this question for all angles, with a strong focus on the physics involved. Our talks accessibly discuss how the laws of physics, the initial conditions of the universe, and features of our local world work together to produce the sort of medium-scale world we live in, and assess how likely this...
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