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Answer to Giancarlo Ghirardi: Quantum Superpositions and Definite Perceptions: Envisaging New Feasible Experimental Tests. A Novel Proposal for Quantum Mechanics, Perception and Cognitive Science?

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We give answer to a previous experiment that time ago was proposed by G. Ghirardi evidencing that in such last years detailed experiments have been performed on this matter giving convincing results and that still more experiments, rather simple and not expensive, may be realized.

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Conte, E. Answer to Giancarlo Ghirardi: Quantum Superpositions and Definite Perceptions: Envisaging New Feasible Experimental Tests. A Novel Proposal for Quantum Mechanics, Perception and Cognitive Science?. Int J Theor Phys 54, 672–679 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-014-2259-6

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