Abstract
We explore the inferential implications of the correspondence principle. According to the correspondence principle macroscopic entities, its, are distinguished by their emergent properties. By definition, emergent properties are those properties which exist in the collective, the macroscopic entity, but not in the constitutional parts, the qubits; the whole is more than the sum of its parts. As such, although macroscopic entities would appear to be the result of quantum interactions, it would seem logically inconsistent to reduce said entities to qubits. To do so is to miss the subtleties of emergence; emergence requires more than quantum interactions, it requires a collective awareness – consciousness.
Wesley Wayne Hansen