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Originally Posted by CraigS
I don't believe the speculation that information is created through observation is consistent with the quantum view. 
Like energy, information is neither created nor destroyed in QM physics.
Carl's idea I think, is meta-physical.
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You misinterpret what I've written....the information is always there, just not in a form you or I can interpret, when the system is in quantum superposition. The act of creation I am referring to is the collapse of the system into the dominant (most likely) state when the observation of that system is made.
It's like building a castle out of Lego blocks...in all the possible realities in which you and the blocks exist, you have an infinite number of choices as to what to build out of those blocks. They all have an equal probability of existence, so long as a choice isn't made as to what to build. What's more, they have always existed, but have not been realised through making the observation of the system (creating the castle). The act of choosing is the observation of the system and the act of creation. You chose to build a castle.
In a very real sense, there is no distinction between the quantum world and macroscopic reality....they're one and the same.