according to quantum theory, the atom’s position is “blurred” because it is a superposition of many possible positions. It is the job of consciousness to determine which of those possible positions becomes the actual position in the observer’s awareness. By the act of observation, the observer’s mind creates the awareness that, at a certain position and at a certain coordinate time, the photon scattered from the atom. Another photon may arrive, followed by yet another. The cascade of events in spacetime corresponds to a cascade of experiences in the observer’s consciousness. But without a
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