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A theory of psychophysical phenomena is proposed. It resolves simultaneously four basic problems of science, namely the problems of the connections between:(1) mind and matter,(2) quantum theory and reality,(3) relativity theory and “becoming,” and (4) relativity theory and Bell's theorem.
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This work was supported by the Director, Office of Energy Research, Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics, Division of High Energy Physics of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract W-7405-EN-G-48.
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Stapp, H.P. Mind, matter, and quantum mechanics. Found Phys 12, 363–399 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00726783
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