“What is surprising is that collapse even occurs to be observed, when we know it is not how the universe usually operates.”
But if we’re manifestations of the same pool of interacting information as wave functions, then I don’t understand how it’s surprising that our actions (like in measuring wave functions) would be connected to the behavior of wave functions. That “surprise” is something I think we could overcome if we communicated more clearly.
Maybe, there’s an evolutionary advantage to thinking of yourself as distinct from the surrounding universe, that way your brain can simulate counterfactual worlds where you might take different actions. Will you actually take different actions? No, but thinking will make the one action you do take better. Since people are hardwired to think their observations are not necessarily interactions, updating in the other direction has significant surprisal.
“What is surprising is that collapse even occurs to be observed, when we know it is not how the universe usually operates.”
But if we’re manifestations of the same pool of interacting information as wave functions, then I don’t understand how it’s surprising that our actions (like in measuring wave functions) would be connected to the behavior of wave functions. That “surprise” is something I think we could overcome if we communicated more clearly.
Maybe, there’s an evolutionary advantage to thinking of yourself as distinct from the surrounding universe, that way your brain can simulate counterfactual worlds where you might take different actions. Will you actually take different actions? No, but thinking will make the one action you do take better. Since people are hardwired to think their observations are not necessarily interactions, updating in the other direction has significant surprisal.
This is a very good point!