There is no greater example of the "
God of the Gaps" ("
Leap of Faith") argument than what one can find in the area of
consciousness, where the "
woo" promoters are very active. Why?
Many scientists believe that the hardest problem/mystery in science is consciousness and, thus, these
pseudoscientists fill the "gap" with claims unsupported by evidence. The most frequent example of this is found in their interpretation of so-called
"Double-Slit" experiments where they say it "proves" that the mind can control matter through its effects on
quantum mechanics. While there are some scientists who think there may be a relationship between consciousness and
quantum physics, others are skeptical (
link).
This video challenges the woo.
The link below is one of the best retorts to the misinterpretation of the Double-Slit experiments:
"What I hope to do is demonstrate that the double-slit experiment doesn’t suggest that consciousness collapses the wave function of a particle. I’ll also attempt to go further in this article. I believe that the double-slit experiment provides considerable evidence that a ‘Quantum-consciousness’ (QC) hypothesis, the idea that consciousness can exist away from the brain and can affect particles in the double-slit experiment, must be false."
