Consciousness Is Quantum State Reduction Which Creates the Flow of Time

IF 1.4 Timing & Time Perception Pub Date : 2023-11-06 DOI:10.1163/22134468-bja10098

Stuart Hameroff

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Abstract

Abstract In neuroscience, the flow of time is a conscious experience produced by the brain. But in physics, time is either a process, or a dimension in four-dimensional spacetime geometry. Could all three explanations be correct? The Penrose–Hameroff ‘Orch OR’ theory suggests consciousness is a sequence of discrete, irreversible quantum state reductions occurring at an objective threshold (‘objective reduction’, ‘OR’) a process in fundamental spacetime geometry. These ‘self-collapses’ of the quantum wavefunction are ‘orchestrated’ in microtubules inside brain neurons. Each Orch OR event selects microtubule states which purposefully regulate neuronal functions, and provide sequences of ‘NOW’ moments of conscious experience. Connected to fundamental spacetime geometry by Penrose ‘OR’, consciousness is quantum state reduction, a set of irreversible steps which ‘ratchet forward’ in the fine scale geometry of the universe, creating a flow of time.

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意识是创造时间流动的量子态缩减

在神经科学中，时间的流动是大脑产生的一种有意识的体验。但在物理学中，时间要么是一个过程，要么是四维时空几何中的一个维度。这三种解释都是正确的吗?Penrose-Hameroff的“Orch OR”理论认为，意识是一系列离散的、不可逆的量子态约简，发生在一个客观阈值(“客观约简”，“OR”)上，是基本时空几何中的一个过程。这些量子波函数的“自我崩溃”是在大脑神经元内的微管中“精心安排”的。每个Orch OR事件选择有目的地调节神经元功能的微管状态，并提供意识体验的“现在”时刻序列。意识通过彭罗斯的“或”与基本时空几何相联系，是量子态的缩减，在宇宙的精细几何中“棘轮前进”的一组不可逆步骤，创造了时间的流动。

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1.60

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14.30%

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期刊介绍： Timing & Time Perception aims to be the forum for all psychophysical, neuroimaging, pharmacological, computational, and theoretical advances on the topic of timing and time perception in humans and other animals. We envision a multidisciplinary approach to the topics covered, including the synergy of: Neuroscience and Philosophy for understanding the concept of time, Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence for adapting basic research to artificial agents, Psychiatry, Neurology, Behavioral and Computational Sciences for neuro-rehabilitation and modeling of the disordered brain, to name just a few. Given the ubiquity of interval timing, this journal will host all basic studies, including interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary works on timing and time perception and serve as a forum for discussion and extension of current knowledge on the topic.

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