New Insights from Quantum Theory on Time, Consciousness, and Reality

David L. Wilson

Salvish Goomanee

The present understanding of the relation betweenreality and information theory is for the time being rather vague. There are many speculations about the fact that the understanding of reality may be beyond ourcapabilities. However the perception of our observed reality in relation to quantum physics and consciousness as per Wheeler’s theories may lead to the exploration of some new branches of quantum physics and consciousness theory. For many physicists, this may be something rather troubling but what if non – computability was actually part of reality? What if there were some processes or some kind of information that cannot be understood through algorithms and needed new understanding. In this essay the relation between information, reality and consciousness will be briefly discussed.

David Leong

This study illuminates the intriguing parallels between Buddhism, consciousness, and the principles of quantum physics. It engages in a nuanced exploration of the Buddhist concept of _pratītya-samutpāda_, or ‘dependent origination,’ and its resonance with quantum theory's elucidation of the interconnectedness and non-locality in the universe. The paper presents a cross-disciplinary dialogue, bridging the spiritual wisdom of Buddhism with quantum theory's frontier understanding of reality through observation and consciousness at the _Trikaya_ realms, and discusses consciousness’s place within this nexus. By doing so, the study endeavours to enhance our comprehension of the subjective ‘self’ in relation to the temporality of the objective ‘reality’ as portrayed in both spiritual and scientific discourses. This intersectionality offers new insights and perspectives on the nature of consciousness and reality, potentially stimulating further research in physics and philosophy.

Thomas Görnitz

Paavo Pylkkänen

Geoffrey Stephen Dann

This document presents a speculative two-phase model of cosmological and biological evolution that integrates insights from quantum foundations, consciousness studies, and evolutionary biology. It proposes that the early universe unfolded in a pre-conscious phase governed by a multiverse-like quantum superposition, without wavefunction collapse. The transition to the second phase—marked by the emergence of consciousness ("psychegenesis")—introduced collapse dynamics into reality, selecting a single evolutionary timeline. This shift explains key anomalies such as the cause of the Cambrian explosion, the Fermi paradox, fine-tuning, the problem of free will and the arrow of time, without invoking divine teleology. Grounded in the philosophical traditions of Thomas Nagel (Mind and Cosmos), Henry Stapp (Mindful Universe), and neutral monism, the model offers a radical new interpretation of quantum mechanics and new theory of consciousness.