A Proposal of Consciousness as Both a Fundamental and Emergent Property of the Universe

Abstract

The relationship that exits between interactions-complexity-consciousness (ICC) can be applied to degrees of consciousness at the smaller scales, e.g., as atoms and to degrees of consciousness at larger scales, e.g., the human brain. In this work I propose that the interactions obey the triadic dimensional vortical paradigm (TDVP) in where time, space, and consciousness are tethered from the origin point. As these interactions increase they ascend complexity at different scales and as the interaction-complexity value increases they give rise to higher degrees of consciousness. The higher degrees of consciousness can be feedback through the original process of the ICC-TDVP to give rise to even higher degrees of consciousness. This can be repeated an infinite number of occurrences in space and time. In this proposal the evolution of degrees of consciousness can be seen as a detailed self-replicating pattern which may be nearly the same at different emerging scales. Eventually, reset points or universal rewrite events occur, which is seen possibly at the level of DNA consciousness, cellular consciousness, and human consciousness. This theoretical work focuses on the development of a paradigm that interprets consciousness as both a fundamental and an emerging property.