I’m not sure von Neumann claimed that consciousness causes collapse. But he did allow that possibility, so you’re right that name-calling is unwarranted.
I looked into the claim I made about John Von Neumann and found this interesting physicsforums post on the topic. It looks like from my cursory research that it might be overstating things to say that he claimed consciousness causes collapse.
I’m not sure von Neumann claimed that consciousness causes collapse. But he did allow that possibility, so you’re right that name-calling is unwarranted.
I looked into the claim I made about John Von Neumann and found this interesting physicsforums post on the topic. It looks like from my cursory research that it might be overstating things to say that he claimed consciousness causes collapse.