The Logical Origin of Consciousness
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) June 22, 2026 H.-k. Chan
Consciousness is a physical yet abstract pattern, analogous to software running on hardware. Just as software is a higher-level configuration of hardware, consciousness is a pattern of the brain's physical processes. Subjective experience arises when a meta-observing system receives a large amount of data in parallel, not sequentially. This explains qualia intensity through irreversible compression from finite capacity. The hard problem dissolves because consciousness is not a non-physical mystery but a lawful, empirically investigable organizational pattern within physical reality.