What is this bubble of existence we come to observe, but never physically enter? Our brain upon a measurement tentively flickers throughout all possibilities before one actually emerges. This is the principle of consciousness.
The ''we'' and ''I'' factor is undeniably non-material, yet we somehow emerge as a holographic representation of some information embedded into the human psyche and material brain. By taking images of the outside world, the single photon collapses into a series of chemical changes in the retina. The changes include a cis-retinal transforming into a trans-retinal, exciting protiens and electrolytes, it send this information through the nervous system in a series of electrical shocks, sent to the brain, where somehow it is transformed into this three-dimensional world, and one sense of time comes into existence.
If this is true, then consciousness is ''NOT'' linked to the outside world like we might have thought, but must still follow quantum rules. So if we are reducing reality, the rules of quantum state that a collapse must occur. But since there is no direct physical combination between observation and consciousness, even though there are statistical changes, we must then assume that the border where the neural network configurates a two-dimensional image into a three-dimensional phenomenon must also abide by quantum rules.
For any system built up on statistical averages, even a brain with about $$10^{7}$$ particles, must when getting the information about the outside world, collapse it into a state which can be interpreted as one image. This collapse of the wave function must resemble something which had to choose from an infinite amount of states for it to proceed.
So one can say that the observations we make, must be collected individual measurements in momentary fleeting flashes of perception from an infinite amount of states that could be chosen until a single collapse occurs in the brain. Some have hypothesized that a single thought might be equivalant to a single atomic collapse, but there is always the consideration that entire sweeps of particles all collapsing into a single state is also highly likely, considering we have the momentary flashing of brain waves, such as Alpha Waves and Beta Waves, but we can also measure thought fluctuations.
So, even though a great amount of photons tend to bundle together, the cancelling effect of pauli's Exclusionary Principle which controls the electrons inside my head, are somehow giving rise to some type of electromagnetically-induced consciousness. Strange how a rule that destroys symmetry, is in fact a cause for consciousness.
But i think, before anyone tries to understand what fundamental processes make consciousness real, we first need to understand whether consciousness -- this holographic world i see -- is in fact some kind of extra, imaginary dimension of spacetime. (It might even be time itself, as some physicists have proclaimed.) Given that it might be an extension to special relativity, defining Minkowski's Spacetime $$(0,0,0,1)$$, and knowing an extra dimension can be added onto it, $$i^2+(0,0,0,1)$$, one can devise equations that can describe an extra dimension which is ''not'' relativistic in nature. It can be a static realm, and this i thought was the most plausible type of dimension required for consciousness (1). By saying it was a time dimension that was static, helped a lot.
Taking this for real, then how does this change the theory? The answer i think is that there might be some kind of statistical and physical effect on the world from having ''this static side'' to it. What does it even mean to have a static componant? Usually, it's like envisioning a constant communication between two bodies that have an equilibrium. That might mean that the static componants of the time/mind dimension could have series implications for pscyhophysics, concerning a wide range of mental phenomena.
Dr. Wolf has even postulated that the mind is influenced by the Uncertainty Principle inherent in all quantum matter, where ħ plays a part in the uncertainty principle. Given a large number of particles prepared in the same state, position ∆x and momentum ∆p uncertainty obey, ∆x∆p≥½ħ, he has postulated that there somehow gives rise to consciousness from this chaos. He has often described the mind as some kind of superdimension, inextricable linked to time and space. Even one wise physicist once said, ''the stuff of the world is mind stuff.'' -- this was A. Eddington.
The mind is a dimension. Whether it is actually linked to space and time is still indecided. But it seems really plausible, since we also experience a time, and we also observe space, and matter-energy of course. It is even energy that gives rise to mind.
(1) - $$a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}+tdi^{2}-Tdi^{2}$$
Let $$i^{2}=i*k^{2}$$
Then the real part would be
$$a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}-i^{2}*k^{2}^{2}=0$$
which simplifies to:
$$a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}+k2^{2}=0$$
The only solution is $$a=b=c=k^{2}=0$$
Here is where we can use the idea that the mind is time and we can say it in this fasion, or work with only $$(0,0,0,1i)$$.
The ''we'' and ''I'' factor is undeniably non-material, yet we somehow emerge as a holographic representation of some information embedded into the human psyche and material brain. By taking images of the outside world, the single photon collapses into a series of chemical changes in the retina. The changes include a cis-retinal transforming into a trans-retinal, exciting protiens and electrolytes, it send this information through the nervous system in a series of electrical shocks, sent to the brain, where somehow it is transformed into this three-dimensional world, and one sense of time comes into existence.
If this is true, then consciousness is ''NOT'' linked to the outside world like we might have thought, but must still follow quantum rules. So if we are reducing reality, the rules of quantum state that a collapse must occur. But since there is no direct physical combination between observation and consciousness, even though there are statistical changes, we must then assume that the border where the neural network configurates a two-dimensional image into a three-dimensional phenomenon must also abide by quantum rules.
For any system built up on statistical averages, even a brain with about $$10^{7}$$ particles, must when getting the information about the outside world, collapse it into a state which can be interpreted as one image. This collapse of the wave function must resemble something which had to choose from an infinite amount of states for it to proceed.
So one can say that the observations we make, must be collected individual measurements in momentary fleeting flashes of perception from an infinite amount of states that could be chosen until a single collapse occurs in the brain. Some have hypothesized that a single thought might be equivalant to a single atomic collapse, but there is always the consideration that entire sweeps of particles all collapsing into a single state is also highly likely, considering we have the momentary flashing of brain waves, such as Alpha Waves and Beta Waves, but we can also measure thought fluctuations.
So, even though a great amount of photons tend to bundle together, the cancelling effect of pauli's Exclusionary Principle which controls the electrons inside my head, are somehow giving rise to some type of electromagnetically-induced consciousness. Strange how a rule that destroys symmetry, is in fact a cause for consciousness.
But i think, before anyone tries to understand what fundamental processes make consciousness real, we first need to understand whether consciousness -- this holographic world i see -- is in fact some kind of extra, imaginary dimension of spacetime. (It might even be time itself, as some physicists have proclaimed.) Given that it might be an extension to special relativity, defining Minkowski's Spacetime $$(0,0,0,1)$$, and knowing an extra dimension can be added onto it, $$i^2+(0,0,0,1)$$, one can devise equations that can describe an extra dimension which is ''not'' relativistic in nature. It can be a static realm, and this i thought was the most plausible type of dimension required for consciousness (1). By saying it was a time dimension that was static, helped a lot.
Taking this for real, then how does this change the theory? The answer i think is that there might be some kind of statistical and physical effect on the world from having ''this static side'' to it. What does it even mean to have a static componant? Usually, it's like envisioning a constant communication between two bodies that have an equilibrium. That might mean that the static componants of the time/mind dimension could have series implications for pscyhophysics, concerning a wide range of mental phenomena.
Dr. Wolf has even postulated that the mind is influenced by the Uncertainty Principle inherent in all quantum matter, where ħ plays a part in the uncertainty principle. Given a large number of particles prepared in the same state, position ∆x and momentum ∆p uncertainty obey, ∆x∆p≥½ħ, he has postulated that there somehow gives rise to consciousness from this chaos. He has often described the mind as some kind of superdimension, inextricable linked to time and space. Even one wise physicist once said, ''the stuff of the world is mind stuff.'' -- this was A. Eddington.
The mind is a dimension. Whether it is actually linked to space and time is still indecided. But it seems really plausible, since we also experience a time, and we also observe space, and matter-energy of course. It is even energy that gives rise to mind.
(1) - $$a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}+tdi^{2}-Tdi^{2}$$
Let $$i^{2}=i*k^{2}$$
Then the real part would be
$$a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}-i^{2}*k^{2}^{2}=0$$
which simplifies to:
$$a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}+k2^{2}=0$$
The only solution is $$a=b=c=k^{2}=0$$
Here is where we can use the idea that the mind is time and we can say it in this fasion, or work with only $$(0,0,0,1i)$$.
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