>>11158565You can get into the deep end here, with a whole host of more questions. I'm rebel and I think that all matter has at least a slight, non-zero level of consciousness, and this "consciousness" is a part of physics, and the normal behavior of physics in according with itself IS the understanding, or consciousness. More questions are opened here, but to the point.
>what distinguishes choice from other quantum processes?The isolated quantum process that exists in a laboratory ALSO exists in nature. I'm not sure if people forget that, but there's no arbitrary macro-level that renders all principles of quantum mechanics null and void. Saying an inanimate object has a choice is likely asinine, "choice" in a hard definition would be within the operation of sapient energy structures like people. To choose requires the "machinery" to perform observations and record the data, with the brain.
>I assume we agree that the quantum phenomena we observe in particles does not represent choiceThe peculiarities of quantum uncertainty provide a functional framework for an understanding of the world that allows choice. An observation at the smallest level only by technicality is a "choice," but it doesn't necessarily impact you in a meaningful way. However, one can pay utmost attention, or one can ignore, and this is a choice, whether observations are complete or partial, respectively.
