Key Areas of the Consciousness Physics Research Project:•Entanglement Is Fundamental to the Universe: The Temic Principle of Consciousness Entanglement•Gravity: A consequence of Big Bang expansion/explosion by Fundamental Consciousness, a natural force•The Temic Theory of Gravity•The Temic Big Bang Principle: A generalization of the Big Bang in the Standard Big Bang Model•Fundamental Consciousness Wave Background (FCWB): FCWB, the Background Consciousness Wave of the Universe; how is it related to the Background Gravitational Wave of the Universe (GWB) and the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)?•The Temic Uncertainty Principle: A Generalization of Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle•The Temic Superposition Principle: A Generalized version of the superposition principle•The Temic Principle of Consciousness-Energy Conservation: A generalized version of the principle of conservation of energy •Resolving the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox (EPR)•The Temic Wave-Particle Duality: A generalization of the Wave-Particle Duality of Matter•Quantization of Conwaves•Objectivity, Observation, Measurement, and Subjectivity•The Temic Principle of Coherence•The Temic Principle of Conscious Perception•The Periodic Table of Lifeforms on Earth (PTL): A periodic table of living organisms on this planet based on their level of consciousness and other key factors essential to life•Applications: space exploration; time travel; brain-to-brain communication; transformator (converts matter to light, fermions to bosons, or light to matter, bosons to fermions)
Key Areas of the Consciousness Physics Research Project:•Entanglement Is Fundamental to the Universe: The Temic Principle of Consciousness Entanglement•Gravity: A consequence of Big Bang expansion/explosion by Fundamental Consciousness, a natural force•The Temic Theory of Gravity•The Temic Big Bang Principle: A generalization of the Big Bang in the Standard Big Bang Model•Fundamental Consciousness Wave Background (FCWB): FCWB, the Background Consciousness Wave of the Universe; how is it related to the Background Gravitational Wave of the Universe (GWB) and the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)?•The Temic Uncertainty Principle: A Generalization of Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle•The Temic Superposition Principle: A Generalized version of the superposition principle•The Temic Principle of Consciousness-Energy Conservation: A generalized version of the principle of conservation of energy •Resolving the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox (EPR)•The Temic Wave-Particle Duality: A generalization of the Wave-Particle Duality of Matter•Quantization of Conwaves•Objectivity, Observation, Measurement, and Subjectivity•The Temic Principle of Coherence•The Temic Principle of Conscious Perception•The Periodic Table of Lifeforms on Earth (PTL): A periodic table of living organisms on this planet based on their level of consciousness and other key factors essential to life•Applications: space exploration; time travel; brain-to-brain communication; transformator (converts matter to light, fermions to bosons, or light to matter, bosons to fermions)
Key Areas of the Consciousness Physics Research Project (Phase II)•The Temic Big Bang Cosmology (also called the Temifa Big Bang Cosmology)•CEN (consciousness-energy): The cenforms•Mathematical Frameworks for the following and their subsections: oEntanglement Is Fundamental to the Universe: The Temic Principle of Consciousness Entanglement (the Beginning)oGravity: A consequence of Big Bang expansion/explosion by Fundamental Consciousness, a natural forceoThe Temic Theory of GravityoThe Temic Big Bang Principle: A generalization of the Big Bang in the Standard Big Bang ModeloThe Temic Uncertainty Principle: A generalization of Heisenberg's Uncertainty PrincipleoThe Temic Superposition Principle: A generalized version of the superposition principleoThe Temic Principle of Consciousness-Energy Conservation: A generalized version of the principle of conservation of energyoThe Temic Wave-Particle Duality: A generalization of the Wave-Particle Duality of MatteroQuantization of ConwavesoObjectivity, Observation, Measurement, and SubjectivityoThe Temic Principle of CoherenceoThe Temic Principle of Conscious PerceptionoThe Temic Relativity Principle: Reality Is Both Local and Non-Local•The Periodic Table of Lifeforms on Earth (PTL)•CEN: The Theory of Everything•Nature of existence and space-time in Consciousness Mechanics•Further Predictions of The StudyoApplications
This is the fifth update for the quantum gravity framework project. The research work has been split into two parts: Part A deals with unconscious matter, while Part B deals with conscious matter. Each has its own abstract. I introduce retrocausality in both. In Part A, based on the first five papers, I finalize a three-set of fundamental postulates for understanding time, quantum reduction, and consciousness from quantum general relativistic concepts. Then I introduce a new reduction theory that includes retrocausality and spontaneous reduction, and further concepts to include conscious and unconscious influence. Then I discuss three postulates in the quantum general relativistic framework. Toward the end, I discuss sample calculations and experimental verifications. I summarize various calculations done in the previous versions of the Quantum General Relativistic Framework. In Part B of this paper, I propose a set of ideas to explain the phenomena of life and consciousness in the universe and their relation to the interpretation of quantum mechanics using my past papers and other important work. Consciousness is described as a result of specific dynamical configurations of matter and fields aided by fundamental properties of nature proposed in this paper. First, I review the various theories of consciousness in current literature and come up with various hypotheses, definitions, and propositions to build a physical theory of consciousness. I propose three sets of postulates on the physical foundations of consciousness from a quantum general relativistic background, using the proposals in part A, to understand time and reduction. Various new concepts are introduced. The concept of classicum is introduced as an analog of quantum, and its relation to conscious being is discussed. Mathematical models for various ideas are discussed. I discuss theory and experiments to verify these.
In this paper, I propose a set of ideas to explain the phenomena of life and consciousness in the universe and their relation to the interpretation of quantum mechanics. Consciousness is described as a result of specific dynamical configurations of matter and fields aided by fundamental properties of nature proposed in this paper. First, I review the various theories of consciousness in current literature and come up with various hypotheses, definitions, and propositions to build a physical theory of consciousness. I introduce the concept of interaction binding of consciousness and discuss in detail how the brain gives rise to consciousness. I propose three sets of postulates on the physical foundations of consciousness from a quantum general relativistic background using the Quantum General Relativistic Framework, 5 proposals to understand time and reduction. A Quantum Reduction Free Will Equivalence Principle is discussed to link quantum reduction to conscious free will. I discuss the potential possibility of retrocausal effects on consciousness-influenced reduction probability. I discuss the concept of conscious being as a more general concept than conscious identity, as separate from conscious content, and its nature. I introduce the concept of classicum as an analog of the quantum, and discuss its relation to consciousness. I discuss mathematical measures to calculate the complexity of harmonic relational structures. I put these together in a set of propositions on the nature of consciousness and its relation to the nature of quantum phenomena. I discuss a mathematical model of interaction binding, and free will. I discuss theory and experiments to verify these
The paper describes the relation between quantum particles, consciousness, the unified field theory and relativity. According to Dirac, light can be treated as waves or particles. In fact, in quantum mechanics, particles are regarded as waves. The behaviour of these particles can be predicted, as it were, and, they are thus known as probability waves or Dirac wave particles. There is a wave/particle duality here. When the particle is not observed (when consciousness is not present), it remains a wave (a probability wave), but upon being observed (when consciousness is present) it becomes a particle. Hence, the evident importance of the part played by consciousness in quantum mechanics. A number of scientists had postulated that there must be a “cosmic consciousness” pervading the universe; objects spring into existence when measurements are made, measurements which are made by conscious beings, which implies that there must be cosmic consciousness that pervades the universe determining which state we are in - some scientists, e.g., Nobel laureate Eugene Wigner, had argued that this is proof of the existence of God or some cosmic consciousness. Wigner had remarked that it was not possible to formulate the laws of quantum theory in a fully consistent way without reference to consciousness. Consciousness or “mind-force” is evidently a potent force in nature. The mind is part, an indispensable part, of nature. Scientists such as David Bohm and Werner Heisenberg, as well as many other scientists, evidently understood this fundamental aspect. Classical philosophers such as Berkeley and Hume had wondered whether the existence of any object was independent of the existence of the mind or consciousness: If I had never seen (never been aware of) an object, does that object exist? Thus, even if a unified field theory or theory of everything were obtained, it will still not give a complete picture of nature if consciousness were excluded. There should therefore be a complementary General Theory of Consciousness. This General Theory of Consciousness will be a very important aspect in our search for the ultimate truth. Many scientists, e.g., David Bohm, Wolfgang Pauli, John von Neumann, Arthur Eddington, Roger Penrose, George Wald, etc., had declared that the universe is mind-stuff. The capabilities of the human mind are so unique that no intelligent
What is consciousness? Some philosophers have contended that qualia, or an experiential medium from which consciousness is derived, exists as a fundamental component of reality. Whitehead, for example, described the universe as being comprised of occasions of To examine this possibility scientifically, the very nature of physical reality must be re-examined. We must come to terms with the physics of space-time--as is described by Einstein's general theory of relativity--and its relation to the fundamental theory of matter--as described by quantum theory. This leads us to employ a new physics of reduction: which appeals to a form of quantum gravity to provide a useful description of fundamental processes at the quantum/classical borderline (Penrose, 1994; 1996). Within the OR scheme, we consider that consciousness occurs if an appropriately organized system is able to develop and maintain quantum coherent superposition until a specific objective criterion (a threshold related to quantum gravity) is reached; the coherent system then self-reduces (objective reduction: We contend that this type of self-collapse introduces non-computability, an essential feature of consciousness. OR is taken as an instantaneous event--the climax of a self-organizing process in fundamental space-time--and a candidate for a conscious Whitehead occasion of experience. How could an OR process occur in the brain, be coupled to neural activities, and account for other features of consciousness? We nominate an OR process with the requisite characteristics to be occurring in cytoskeletal microtubules within the brain's neurons (Penrose and Hameroff, 1995; Hameroff and Penrose, 1995; 1996). In this model, quantum-superposed states develop in microtubule subunit proteins (tubulins), remain coherent and recruit more superposed tubulins until a mass-time-energy threshold (related to quantum gravity) is reached. At that point, self-collapse, or reduction (OR) abruptly occurs. We equate the pre-reduction, coherent superposition (quantum computing) phase with pre-conscious processes, and each instantaneous (and non-computable) OR, or self-collapse, with a discrete conscious event. Sequences of OR events give rise to a stream of consciousness. Microtubule-associated-proteins can tune the quantum oscillations of the coherent superposed states; the OR is thus self-organized, or orchestrated (Orch OR). Each Orch OR event selects (non-computably) microtubule subunit states which regulate synaptic/neural functions using classical signaling. The quantum gravity threshold for self-collapse is relevant to consciousness, according to our arguments, because macroscopic superposed quantum states each have their own space-time geometries (Penrose, 1994; 1996). These geometries are also superposed, and in some way but when sufficiently separated, the superposition of space-time geometries becomes significantly unstable, and reduce to a single universe state. Quantum gravity determines the limits of the instability; we contend that the actual choice of state made by Nature is non-computable. Thus each Orch OR event is a self-selection of space-time geometry, coupled to the brain through microtubules and other biomolecules. If conscious experience is intimately connected with the very physics underlying space-time structure, then Orch OR in microtubules indeed provides us with a completely new and uniquely promising perspective on the hard problem of consciousness.
What is consciousness? Some philosophers have contended that qualia, or an experiential medium from which consciousness is derived, exists as a fundamental component of reality. Whitehead, for example, described the universe as being comprised of occasions of To examine this possibility scientifically, the very nature of physical reality must be re-examined. We must come to terms with the physics of space-time--as is described by Einstein's general theory of relativity--and its relation to the fundamental theory of matter--as described by quantum theory. This leads us to employ a new physics of reduction: which appeals to a form of quantum gravity to provide a useful description of fundamental processes at the quantum/classical borderline (Penrose, 1994; 1996). Within the OR scheme, we consider that consciousness occurs if an appropriately organized system is able to develop and maintain quantum coherent superposition until a specific objective criterion (a threshold related to quantum gravity) is reached; the coherent system then self-reduces (objective reduction: We contend that this type of self-collapse introduces non-computability, an essential feature of consciousness. OR is taken as an instantaneous event--the climax of a self-organizing process in fundamental space-time--and a candidate for a conscious Whitehead occasion of experience. How could an OR process occur in the brain, be coupled to neural activities, and account for other features of consciousness? We nominate an OR process with the requisite characteristics to be occurring in cytoskeletal microtubules within the brain's neurons (Penrose and Hameroff, 1995; Hameroff and Penrose, 1995; 1996). In this model, quantum-superposed states develop in microtubule subunit proteins (tubulins), remain coherent and recruit more superposed tubulins until a mass-time-energy threshold (related to quantum gravity) is reached. At that point, self-collapse, or reduction (OR) abruptly occurs. We equate the pre-reduction, coherent superposition (quantum computing) phase with pre-conscious processes, and each instantaneous (and non-computable) OR, or self-collapse, with a discrete conscious event. Sequences of OR events give rise to a stream of consciousness. Microtubule-associated-proteins can tune the quantum oscillations of the coherent superposed states; the OR is thus self-organized, or orchestrated (Orch OR). Each Orch OR event selects (non-computably) microtubule subunit states which regulate synaptic/neural functions using classical signaling. The quantum gravity threshold for self-collapse is relevant to consciousness, according to our arguments, because macroscopic superposed quantum states each have their own space-time geometries (Penrose, 1994; 1996). These geometries are also superposed, and in some way but when sufficiently separated, the superposition of space-time geometries becomes significantly unstable, and reduce to a single universe state. Quantum gravity determines the limits of the instability; we contend that the actual choice of state made by Nature is non-computable. Thus each Orch OR event is a self-selection of space-time geometry, coupled to the brain through microtubules and other biomolecules. If conscious experience is intimately connected with the very physics underlying space-time structure, then Orch OR in microtubules indeed provides us with a completely new and uniquely promising perspective on the hard problem of consciousness.