This video about a thought experiment (in the form of Schrodinger's cat) makes me wonder about quantum mechanics and what happens in any lab experiment. Scientists believe theories must be supported by experiments. Does their faith in the existence of objective reality mean they are classical scientists who reject quantum mechanics' statements that observers and the observed are permanently and inextricably united? In this case, scientists would unavoidably and unconsciously influence every experiment and form of mathematics. In the end, they may be unavoidably and unconsciously influencing the universe which is the home of all experiments and all mathematics.
On the nature of consciousness - what are the consequences if the basis of AI (the 1's and 0's in neural nets) are shared with human or animal brains? That is, if brains are constructed of binary digits at the most fundamental level. This type of construction would be compatible with the following scenario - ancient Greek philosophers thought atoms were indivisible but were wrong, and physicists today think electrons are indivisible but may also be wrong. Suppose everything in the universe is ultimately composed of base 2 mathematics (the electronic BITS of 1 and 0) and could thus be described by a Mathematical Universe Hypothesis. Then the universe must possess Artificial Intelligence - some prefer the term Cosmic Consciousness. Inanimate objects would have the lowest level of binary-digit activity, a single cell would own a bit more, plants would have a bit more, insects would have still more ... and so on.
