[BIC-announce] Ludmer lecture on quantum theory and consciousness, by Lucien Hardy, Perimeter Institute, Feb 13 2019 @ 1:15-2:30

[Sylvain MILOT]

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QLS & IPN colleagues



Please let your students and faculty know they are invited to attend a *Ludmer
Centre lecture on quantum theory and consciousness*.

We only just had confirmation of Dr Hardy?s visit. Please share the
attached PDF as well as the Facebook posting (click here
<https://www.facebook.com/events/378662306258547/?acontext=%7B%22source%22%3A5%2C%22action_history%22%3A%5b%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22main_list%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%5C%22%5b%5d%5C%22%22%7D%5d%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D>)
on your social media platforms.



Students and faculty in academic institutions across Montreal are invited
to join us for a Ludmer Centre lecture on quantum theory and consciousness.



[image:
http://ludmercentre.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Lucien-Hardy_1859_LR.jpg]*Thought,
matter, and quantum theory*

*Date:* February 13, 2019

*Time:* 1:15-2:30 pm

*Location: *Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre, The Neuro, 3801 University Street,
Montreal (*see map <https://goo.gl/maps/cME4mLk2Vgu>*)
*Free registration via **Eventbrite
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/thought-matter-and-quantum-theory-tickets-55982968566>*



For more information, visit the *Ludmer Centre event page
<http://ludmercentre.ca/events/thought-matter-and-quantum-theory/>* or
contact *info at LudmerCentre.ca <info at LudmerCentre.ca>*



*Lucien Hardy <https://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/people/lucien-hardy>* is a
theoretical physicist at the *Perimeter Institute
<https://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/>** for Theoretical Physics* in
Waterloo, Canada. He is known for his work on the foundation of quantum
physics including Hardy?s paradox, a thought experiment he devised in 1992,
and his widely cited 2001 axiomatic reconstruction of quantum theory that
led to a surge of papers in this area. He is working on operational
approaches to Quantum Theory, Quantum Field Theory, General Relativity, and
Quantum Gravity.



*Abstract:*  It is deeply mysterious that consciousness can arise in the
physical world.  In this talk I will look whether we can gain any insight
into this by thinking about the foundations of quantum theory.  I will
develop three separate strands of thought.  The first is that quantum
theory is fundamentally an operational theory ? it invokes the notion of
agents making choices and making observations.  The second strand concerns
computation.  If we think of the brain as a computer of some sort, then we
need to have the right theory of computation.  Is the brain a classical
computer, a quantum computer, or even a quantum gravity computer?  The
third strand concerns quantum entanglement. I will discuss an experiment in
which humans are used to switch the settings at each end of an experiment
in which quantum entanglement is shared over a large distance (1000km) and
the implications an anomalous result would have for the study of mind.

Joanne

*Joanne Clark* | Administrative Director/Directrice administratif

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