Quite a discussion going on here: "to quote the physicist J.S. Bell: "It would seem that the theory is exclusively concerned about Âresults of measurement, and has nothing to say about anything else. What exactly qualifies some physical systems to play the role of ÂmeasurerÂ? Was the wavefunction of the world waiting to jump for thousands of millions of years until a single-celled living creature appeared? Or did it have to wait a little longer, for some better qualified system  *** with a Ph.D.? **** If the theory is to apply to anything but highly idealized laboratory operations, are we not obliged to admit that more or less Âmeasurement-like processes are going on more or less all the time, more or less everywhere. (ÂAgainst ÂMeasurement Â)" http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/25/return-of-the-stingy-oddsmak...