Consciousness, Redux.
Medical hypotheses March 11, 2020 J S Torday 16 citations
Consciousness is proposed to be a product of the Singularity/Big Bang, arising from the internalization of environmental factors that shaped human physiology. This view requires that consciousness diachronically cuts across space-time and operates on the same data system as cosmology. By recognizing this mechanistic interrelationship, humans can transcend individual consciousness and approach a universal Consciousness by authoring their own software. The hypothesis argues that previous explanations, from Plato to Descartes and Chalmers, lack empirical evidence for what consciousness actually constitutes.