Can quantum processes to exert influence on the human consciousness?
The Origin of consciousness has always been a mystery to scientists and philosophers, each trying to find a logical solution to this eternal question. Although some neurobiological studies were able to identify specific brain activity that may one day shed light on the question of the origin , a series of electrochemical changes in the cells of the human brain still remains a mystery to researchers in the field of neurobiology.
Despite the fact that humanity has far advanced in their neurobiological research, we still do not know exactly in what way the nervous tissue is able to produce thought. According to izi Stoll, Director of the Western Institute for advanced study, the mechanism of thoughts is a poorly understood and very specific feature of neural networks. Due to the fact that most theories about the origin of consciousness has come to us from cognitive science, no one officially dubbed the hypotheses have not found the answer to what gave evolution a boost to the development of conscious thought. For those scientists who seek to find a scientific and rational explanation of what is happening in the human brain processes, one of the solutions to the current problem may be the study of their relationship with the quantum world.
— one of the most mysterious topics of theoretical physics that studies the behaviour of atomic and subatomic particles that behave like waves. Physical processes occurring in the world of quantum mechanics, are just as mysterious as consciousness itself. So, nobody knows exactly what is going on with sub-atomic particles that exist in two places simultaneously or with a cat, in which alive and dead at the same time. What if similar processes occur in the time of the birth of human consciousness and the ability to understand themselves?
In the thought experiment of Erwin schrödinger's cat alive and dead at the same time
Similar to how scientists hope to investigate the mysteries of consciousness through quantum physics, some researchers believe that consciousness can help to answer basic questions of quantum physics. The fact that the equations of this field of science have an infinite state, the possibility of combining quantum theory in the hypothesis that consciousness may help to explain why people experience only one reality, and are not complicit in several States of the universe.
Despite the fact that traditional quantum physics tend to think that consciousness identifies a particular outcome of an event, in 1989, physicist Roger Penrose put forward a hypothesis about the so-called collapse of the wave function that causes consciousness. In other words, the consciousness of Penrose may not be the primary determining element, but secondary and acquired. According to Penrose, it is the curvature of space and time raises certain events at the quantum level, which affect the behavior of quantum particles to the structures of the human brain responsible for consciousness. In addition, the experts were able to establish that anesthetics, which lead to a temporary loss of consciousness impact on found by researchers microtubules.
According to Penrose's theory, your liver may be consciousness. And not only is she
Despite the fact that this theory is about the emergence of consciousness has received wide publicity in the scientific world, official recognition, as such, it does not. One of the problems of Penrose's theory is the fact that in virtually every cell of our organism there are the above-mentioned microtubules, however, this does not mean that, say, liver cells or lung is consciousness.
Although, perhaps, such an outcome would be very original.
If the concept of Penrose may seem rather unusual, the idea was developed by neuroscientists Andrew and Alexander Fingelkurts, can satisfy the most inquiring minds, presenting a more “earthy” idea. According to their concept, called the architectonics of the mind and brain, water molecules, of which the greater part is our brain creates so-called “cortical field” that interacts with the quantum waves that can spread through the brain cells, thus producing what we call consciousness.
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