Emergent Consciousness: From the Early Universe to Our Mind
arXiv Preprint Archive July 5, 2000 via arXiv
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractDuring inflation, the early universe can be described as a superposed state of quantum registers. The self-reduction of this superposed quantum state is consistent with Penrose's Objective Reduction (OR) model. The quantum gravity threshold is reached at the end of inflation, corresponding to a superposed state of 10^9 quantum registers. This number matches the number of superposed tubulin qubits in the human brain that undergo Penrose-Hameroff's Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch OR), leading to a conscious event. An analogy thus arises between the early quantum computing universe and the human mind.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Keywords | Hep-th Nlin.ao Consciousness awareness Sentience Quantum physics quant-ph |
| Key finding | The number of superposed quantum registers at the end of inflation (10^9) equals the number of superposed tubulin qubits in the brain that undergo Orch OR, suggesting an analogy between the early universe and conscious events. |
Abstract
In a previous paper (gr-qc/9907063) we described the early inflationary universe in terms of quantum information. In this paper, we analize those results in more detail, and we stress the fact that, during inflation, the universe can be described as a superposed state of quantum registers. The self-reduction of the superposed quantum state is consistent with the Penrose's Objective Reduction (OR) model. The quantum gravity threshold is reached at the end of inflation, and corresponds to a superposed state of 10^9 quantum registers. This is also the number of superposed tubulins-qubits in our brain, which undergo the Penrose-Hameroff's Orchestrated Objective Reduction, (Orch OR), leading to a conscious event. Then, an analogy naturally arises between the very early quantum computing universe,and our mind.