Thinking Outside the Box: The Essence and Implications of Quantum Entanglement and the Story of Spin-mediated Consciousness Theory

Abstract

Many experiments have shown that quantum entanglement is physically real. In this article, we will discuss its ontological origin/nature, implications and potential applications by thinking outside the standard interpretations of quantum mechanics. We argue that quantum entanglement originates from the primordial spin processes in non-spatial and non-temporal pre-spacetime, implies genuine interconnectedness and inseparableness of once interacting quantum entities, play vital roles in biology and consciousness and, once better understood and harnessed, has far-reaching consequences and applications in many fields such as medicine and neuroscience. Then, we will recall our journey into the field of consciousness studies and the inception and development of the spin-mediated consciousness theory. (Arnesen, et al, 2001; Ghost et al, 2003& Julsgaard et al, 2001. Indeed, it is currently the most intensely studied subject in physics. Further, speculations abound as to its nature and implications (See, e.g., Clarke, 2004, Josephson, 1991& Radin, 2004. There are many general and technical papers written on the subject. So cutting to the chase, we shall immediately outline our propositions on the subject and then discuss each in some detail with references to existing literature whenever possible. Readers are advised that our propositions are outside the mainstream physics. Later in this article, we shall recall our journey into the field of consciousness studies and the inception and development of the spin-mediated consciousness theory. In memory of Thomas JeffersonThe following are our propositions about the ontological origin/nature, implications and potential applications of quantum entanglement:1. It originates from the primordial spin processes in non-spatial and non-temporal pre-spacetime. It is the quantum "glue" holding once interacting quantum entities together in pre-spacetime, implies genuine interconnectedness and inseparableness of the said quantum entities and can be directly sensed and utilized by the entangled quantum entities. 2. Thus, it affects chemical/biochemical reactions, other physical processes and microand macroscopic properties of all forms of matters as already shown by some authors in the latter case. It plays vital roles in many biological processes and consciousness. It is the genuine cause of many so called anomalous effects (if they do exist) in parapsychology, alternative medicine and other fields as some authors have already suspected in some cases 3. Further, it can be harnessed, tamed and developed into revolutionary technologies to serve the mankind in many areas such as health, medicine and even recreation besides the already emerging fields of quantum computation and communications.

Concerning Spin as Mind-Pixel: How Mind Interacts with the Brain Through Electric Spin Effects

“…Since classical brain activities are largely electric and, in comparison, magnetic fields insides the brain are only microscopically strong but fluctuating, we have previously discussed how action potentials modulate the dynamics of nuclear/electron spin networks inside the brain through J-coupling, dipolar coupling and chemical shielding tensors, thus, feeding information into mind in the dualistic approach (Hu & Wu, 2004c & 2004d. Further, based on our own experimental findings and work done by others, we have also discussed on how mind might influence brain through proactive spin processes enabled by the varying high-voltage electric fields inside the brain (Hu & Wu, 2006a-d & 2007a.…”

The Harribance Effect as Pervasive Out-of-Body Experiences: NeuroQuantal Evidence with More Precise Measurements

“…The mass limits of the photon within the MHz to micrometer range would require a range of intrinsic magnetic fields between the pT to the microTesla range. The involvement of spin magnetic moment and the correlative fourth quantum number has implication for both entanglement and location within space-time (Hu and Wu, 2006).…”

Action Potential Modulation of Neural Spin Networks Suggests Possible Role of Spin

“…Although quantum coherence is not required for the neural spin networks to serve as the subatomic components for the conventional neural network according to the above suggestion, it likely exist within some parts of said networks as recent studies in other fields suggest (Hu & Wu, 2002). For example, when nematic liquid crystal is irradiated with multi-frequency pulse magnetic fields in room temperature, the 1 H spins in its constituent molecules can form long-lived intra-molecular quantum coherence with entanglement for information storage (Khitrin et al, 2002) and long-lived (~ 0.05 ms) entanglement of two macroscopic spin ensembles in room temperature has also been achieved (Julsgaard et al, 2001).…”

“…As an extension, we have been exploring whether certain subatomic events play a role in brain functions (Hu & Wu, 2002). For instance, nuclear spins are basic quantum bits for encoding information and have long relaxation times after excitations (Gershenfeld & Chuang, 1997) and, on the other hand, neural membranes are saturated with spin-carrying nuclei.…”

“…Further, spin is a fundamental quantum process with intrinsic connection to the structure of space-time (Penrose, 1960) and was shown to be responsible for the quantum effects in both Hestenes and Bohmian quantum mechanics (Hestenes, 1983;Salesi & Recami, 1998). Thus, when exploring whether quantum effects are involved in brain functions, we have considered spin as a possible candidate (Hu & Wu, 2002).…”