The Necessity of Classical Components for Agency
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A groundbreaking 2025 study challenges the notion that consciousness could arise from purely quantum systems.
Chapman University , Research Team — The Necessity of Classical Components for Agency. A groundbreaking 2025 study challenges the notion that consciousness could arise from purely quantum systems. The research argues that quantum mechanics' no-cloning theorem and unitary evolution prevent purely quantum systems from possessing "agency." Agency requires classical resources like stable,
A groundbreaking 2025 study challenges the notion that consciousness could arise from purely quantum systems. The research argues that quantum mechanics' no-cloning theorem and unitary evolution prevent purely quantum systems from possessing "agency." Agency requires classical resources like stable,
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The research argues that quantum mechanics' no-cloning theorem and unitary evolution prevent purely quantum systems from possessing "agency." Agency requires classical resources like stable, copyable information and preferred basis, established through decoherence. This suggests consciousness emerges at the boundary where quantum information "crystallizes" into classical form.