A conjecture that consciousness is based on quantum information

TheICC September 25, 2021 at 08:56 1900 views 2 comments

The hard problem of consciousness. What is consciousness? According to the ideas presented on https://www.incrementalcompressionconjecture.com/ (the consciousness section on the bottom of the art version of the page), it is the contents of a quantum wave function. This entails a sort of panpsychic view, however still within a sort of dualistic framework where consciousness actually has an influence on matter. There are a lot of speculation on the site, including consciousness being at the basis of a multilayered reality. However, if consciousness affects matter as in a dualistic Cartesian sort of way, then the laws of physics must accommodate this in some way. Notably the site presents just how that would work, where quantum evolution is non-unitary. Which also rejects the many-worlds view of quantum mechanics.

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TheSoundConspirator September 25, 2021 at 16:06 #600326 0 likes

Consciousness in neuroscience is something that hasn’t been decodable for eons. Is it a phenomenon? Is it a perception of sorts? Is it simply an idea that people have developed to explain few ideas? The answers to these questions might very well lie in quantum mechanics. That article could be one of the leads into consciousness that we believe we have. Although, it is merely theoretical. The merging of neuroscience and quantum mechanics to nurture this embryonic theory might be the stamp Science has been waiting for.

TheICC September 25, 2021 at 16:29 #600336 0 likes

I agree. There is a fundamental problem with consciousness, perhaps formulated something like this: as it's inherently subjective, it's hard for the scientific (objective) method to grasp it.