The physics of collective consciousness

Grandpierre, Attila

doi:10.1080/02604027.1997.9972607

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“…A unified theory of mind and matter have been postulated earlier on the basis of information, viewed upon as the most fundamental element for the description of the fabric of reality (Meijer, 2012;2013a;2013b;Samal, 2001;Levin, 2011;Grandpierre et al, 1997;. On the basis of such an informational interaction, some aspects of cosmic physics, as for instance the second law of thermodynamics (the entropy law), might apply directly to the brain.…”

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“…These field properties may obey other laws than the known natural laws that are instrumental in the description of the world from which they originate. Universal consciousness, originally pictured by David Bohm as an implicate order, exhibits a physical nature that, in principle, allows bidirectional interactions with human consciousness and mind (Grandpierre, 1997;Holland, 1996;Sutherland, 2006).…”

Section: Generalization Of Quantum Formalisms and Space-time Projectionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Extended Brain: Cyclic Information Flow in a Quantum Physical Realm

Meijer

2014

Neuroquantology

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The present knowledge of the brain neurology, collectively, is insufficient to explain higher mental processes such as (self)-consciousness, qualia, intuition, meditative states, transpersonal experiences as well as ultra rapid brain responses and functional binding between distant parts of the brain. It is proposed that super-causal space-time configurations may function as an interface between molecular transitions and the particular higher mental functions. As super-causal principles, the iso-energetic brain model as well as various quantum brain theories are treated. Isoenergetic states of the brain may enable protein perturbation mediated information processing within a tenth of a millisecond and make use of subjective space-time configuration created in life as an emergent modality of the neural system. In addition, elementary quantum processes are seen as essential for higher brain functions, since our central nervous system forms an integral part of a dynamic universe as a non-local information processing modality. In this respect, quantum physics also allows the build-up of an individual mental knowledge domain on the basis of selfselective imprinting of a geometric space/time dimension, as induced by wave/ particle transitions in the brain. The central hypothesis of the present paper is that a versatile and rapid responding brain function requires complementary information processing mechanisms both at the iso-energetic and quantum (macro-and micro-) levels, enabling bottom up and top down information processing. This requires a nested organization of fine-tuned neural micro-sites that enable coherence/de-coherence transitions as a basis for information transfer. For a rapid and causally effective flux of information, as well as a continuous updating of a personal information domain, a "bi-cyclic" mental workspace is conceived, housing interacting and entangled wave and protein-based perturbations that buildup and retrieve information from a universal knowledge domain.Key Words: universal information field, super-causal brain mechanisms, iso-energetic brain, quantum brain models, mind/matter, cyclic mental workspace, complementary processes for ultra rapid brain responses

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Section: Generalization Of Quantum Formalisms and Space-time Projectionsmentioning

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The Extended Brain: Cyclic Information Flow in a Quantum Physical Realm

Meijer

2014

Neuroquantology

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“…Tymieniecka (2010/11, 23-24) writes: "the logos of life in its intrinsic metamorphosis during the evolutionary course of the individualizing genesis of beingness unfolds numerous modalities that reach realms beyond those geared to survival and which culminate in the full-fledged unfolding of the human creative virtualities." This translates in our picture into the indication that the first principle of biology acts on the same manner as the least action principle of physics, by virtual particles that are suitable to map instantaneously the whole of the Universe (because they exist not in the usual 3+1 dimensional space-time, but in the infinite dimensional Hilbert space, see Grandpierre, 2007), securing a kind of instantaneous "primary perception" (Grandpierre, 1997). Tymieniecka adds that "Having reached beyond the existential/evolutionary parameters of vitally significant (survival-oriented) horizons to the spheres of communal/societal life, the creative logos now throws up spiritual and, lastly, sacral horizons of experience that actually surpass the now narrow confines of the existential horizon."…”

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The Biological Principle of Natural Sciences and the Logos of Life of Natural Philosophy: A Comparison and the Perspectives of Unifying the Science and Philosophy of Life

Grandpierre

2011

Phenomenology/Ontopoiesis Retrieving Geo-Cosmic Horizons of Antiquity

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Abstract:Acknowledging that Nature is one unified whole, we expect that physics and biology are intimately related. Keeping in mind that physics became an exact science with which we are already familiar with, while, apparently, we do not have at present a similar knowledge about biology, we consider how can we make useful the clarity of physics to shed light to biology. The next question will be what are the most basic categories of physics and biology. If we do not want to cut laws of Nature into different parts, we obtain a constraint, and the remaining part of physics will be the input data to the equations of physics. In these terms, our question will be: if we keep biological laws intact, as indivisible units, what remains in case of biology? This approach, just because it is more fundamental, has significant consequences for philosophy, and obviously offers a new conceptual framework considering the relation between the ontopoietic principle of Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka and the biological principle. The quintessence of science, namely, the first essentially complete scientific world picture is presented in a detailed form.

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“…Aside from Durkheim's classic original meaning (1997 [1893]) and from Murphy's (1945) theory of an interpersonal fields, there are currently several hypotheses in question. We may consider Roll's (1965) psi field theory, Laszlo's (1995) cosmic plenum, Eccles' (1994) quantum level synaptic events, Grandpierre's (1997) collective biological fields, Hameroff and Penrose's (1996) fields composed of entangled vibrations of neural microtubules, or Combs and Krippner's (2008) resonance of micro-level dendritic and synaptic fields of separate nervous systems. This high variability of explanations mirrors the complexity of this issue well.…”

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Quantum Anthropology: Man, Cultures, and Groups in a Quantum Perspective

Trnka¹,

Lorencova²

2016

Preprint

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Free download of e-book: https://www.academia.edu/28881906/Quantum_Anthropology_Man_Cultures_and_Groups_in_a_Quantum_PerspectiveThe book offers a fresh look on man, cultures, and societies built on the current advances in the fields of quantum mechanics, quantum philosophy, and quantum consciousness. The authors have developed an inspiring theoretical framework transcending the boundaries of particular disciplines in social sciences and the humanities. Quantum anthropology is a perspective, studying man, culture, and humanity while taking into account the quantum nature of our reality. This framework redefines current anthropological theory in a new light, and provides an interdisciplinary overlap reaching to psychology, sociology, and consciousness studies.Contents:1. Introduction: Why Quantum Anthropology?2. Empirical and Nonempirical Reality3. Appearance, Frames, Intra-Acting Agencies, and Observer Effect4. Emergence of Man and Culture5. Fields, Groups, Cultures, and Social Complexity6. Man as Embodiment7. Collective Consciousness and Collective Unconscious in Anthropology8. Life Trajectories of Man, Cultures and Societies9. Death and Final Collapses of Cultures and Societies10. Language, Collapse of Wave Function, and Deconstruction11. Myth and Entanglement12. Ritual, Observer Effect, and Collective Consciousness13. Conclusions and Future Directions

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The physics of collective consciousness

Cited by 15 publications

References 37 publications

The Extended Brain: Cyclic Information Flow in a Quantum Physical Realm

The Extended Brain: Cyclic Information Flow in a Quantum Physical Realm

The Biological Principle of Natural Sciences and the Logos of Life of Natural Philosophy: A Comparison and the Perspectives of Unifying the Science and Philosophy of Life

Quantum Anthropology: Man, Cultures, and Groups in a Quantum Perspective

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