'A new approach to the hard problem of Consciousness: A Quasicrystalline Language of “Primitive Units of Consciousness” in Quantized Spacetime' paper.
The hard problem of consciousness must be approached through the ontological lens of 20th century physics, which tells us that reality is information theoretic [1,2] and quantized at the level of Planck scale spacetime[3]. Through careful deduction, it becomes clear that information cannot exist without consciousness – the awareness of things. And to be aware is to hold the meaning of relationships of objects within consciousness – perceiving abstract objects, while enjoying degrees of freedom within the structuring of those relationships. This defines consciousness as language – (1) a set of objects and (2) an ordering scheme with (3) degrees of freedom used for (4) expressing meaning. And since even information at the Planck scale cannot exist without consciousness, we propose an entity called a “primitive unit of consciousness”, which acts as a mathematical operator in a quantized spacetime language. Quasicrystal mathematics based on E8 geometry [4] seems to be a candidate for the language of reality, possessing several qualities corresponding to recent physical discoveries and various physically realistic unification models.
http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/380/404
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A New Approach to the Hard Problem of Consciousness:
A Quasicrystalline Language of “Primitive Units of
Consciousness” in Quantized Spacetime
Klee Irwin
Quantum Gravity Research
Klee@QuantumGravityResearch.org
Abstract:
The hard problem of consciousness must be approached through the ontological lens of 20th
century physics, which tells us that reality is information theoretic [1,2] and quantized at the
level of Planck scale spacetime[3]. Through careful deduction, it becomes clear that
information cannot exist without consciousness – the awareness of things. And to be aware is
to hold the meaning of relationships of objects within consciousness – perceiving abstract
objects, while enjoying degrees of freedom within the structuring of those relationships. This
defines consciousness as language – (1) a set of objects and (2) an ordering scheme with (3)
degrees of freedom used for (4) expressing meaning. And since even information at the Planck
scale cannot exist without consciousness, we propose an entity called a “primitive unit of
consciousness”, which acts as a mathematical operator in a quantized spacetime language.
Quasicrystal mathematics based on E8 geometry [4] seems to be a candidate for the language
of reality, possessing several qualities corresponding to recent physical discoveries and various
physically realistic unification models.
Introduction
There is much confusion among scientists regarding the idea that consciousness interacts with
microscopic physical reality. Without deep subject matter expertise, many good scientists
presume the idea of consciousness to be within the realm of philosophy and neuroscience.
Indeed it is, but it is more fundamentally within the realm of Planck scale quantum gravity
theory – specifically a microscopic first principles theory of everything. So to break the ice, we
being this document with some comments by some of the titans of physics:
Consciousness cannot be accounted for in physical terms. For consciousness