The aim of this paper is to refute the hypothesis that the observer’s consciousness is necessary in the quantum mechanics measurement process. In order to achieve our target, we propose and investigate a variation of the Schrödinger’s cat thought experiment called “DAP”, short for “Dead-Alive Physicist”, in which a human being replaces the cat. This strategy enables us to logically disprove the consistency of the above hypothesis, and to oblige its supporters either to be trapped in solipsism or to rely on an alternative interpretation of quantum mechanics in which the conscious observer plays the sole role of acknowledging the experimental results. Our analysis hence provides support to clarify the relationship between the observer and the objects of her/his experimental observation; this and a few other implications are discussed in the fourth section and in the conclusions.

本文的目的是反驳在量子力学测量过程中观察者意识必不可少的假设。为了实现我们的目标，我们提出并研究了Schrödinger的猫思维实验的一种变体，称为“ DAP”，是“死活物理学家”的缩写，其中有人代替了猫。这种策略使我们从逻辑上证明上述假设的一致性，并迫使其支持者陷入唯心主义或依靠量子力学的另一种解释，在这种解释中，有意识的观察者起着承认实验结果的唯一作用。因此，我们的分析为阐明观察者与其实验观察对象之间的关系提供了支持。第四部分和结论中讨论了这一点和其他一些含义。