Consciousness and Quantum-mechanical Wavefunctions
Ronald A. Bryan
I note the similarity of an electron's wavefunction to a human consciousness in three examples: (i) The diffraction of an electron's wavefunction by a double slit into two wavepackets and the reported location of a human consciousness in two separate regions of space; (ii) an electron wavefunction with spin-up and spin-down terms simultaneously and a person undecided on two possible courses of action; and (iii) two electrons' wavefunctions entangled and identical human twins suffering the same pain while separated by thousands of miles. I hypothesize that the electron's wavefunction and the human's consciousness are so similar that the electron's wavefunction is conscious and the human consciousness is a wavefunction. This marries consciousness with quantum mechanics. I suggest an experiment that might be due to a human conscious wavefunction's interacting with an electron's conscious wavefunction, namely, where a human volunteer attempts to mentally flip the spin of a lone electron. I give the details of such an atomic experiment. If successful, this phenomenon could be used to turn human thought into a PowerPoint message, projected onto a screen letter by letter.
Australian journal of parapsychology•Jun 1, 2009•1 citation