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Mathematical Consciousness Science (view source)
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*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestrated_objective_reduction Orchestrated Objective Reduction]''' (Orch OR)<ref name=Penrose1994>Penrose, R. (1989), Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness. Oxford University Press. p. 457. ISBN 978-0-19-853978-0.</ref> is a theory of consciousness that attributes non-computable quantum processing as the basis of consciousness. It involves an objective process of wave function collapse based on conservation of energy by way of the proposition that if a particle with mass is in a superposition then it ought to gives give rise to an effective self-energy due to the resulting superposition of distorted spacetime. The According to the theory further proposes that quantum processing may occur within structures called microtubules in the dendrites of neurons and that , the objective wave function collapse selects states neither randomly nor algorithmically and plays a part in how consciousness arises from the system. The theory further proposes that the quantum processing may occur within structures called microtubules in the dendrites of neurons.
*'''Proto-consciousness induced quantum collapse''' is a refinement of the idea that the act of conscious observation collapses wave functions. Archetypal models of consciousness tend to predict the weak presence of some aspects of consciousness even for some small simple systems. In principle, these quantities can be incorporated into stochastic differential equations that reduce to the Schrödinger equation in the quantum regime and give classical behaviour for macroscopic objects. At intermediate scales, consciousness-like properties (proto-consciousness) can then have noticeable effects on the predictions of such collapse models which can then be tested experimentally<ref name=Vedral2021>Lee K. S.; Vedral V.; et al. (2021), Entanglement between superconducting qubits and a tardigrade. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2112.07978.pdf</ref>. Examples include Quantum Integrated Information (QII)<ref name=Kremnizer2015>Kremnizer K.; Ranchin A. (2015), Integrated Information-Induced Quantum Collapse. Foundations of Physics Vol. 45, pp. 889-899.</ref> induced quantum collapse which extends Integrated Information Theory. Model Unity, in the Expected Float Entropy minimisation model of consciousness, has also been suggested for use in collapse models<ref name=Mason2021/>. More fundamentally, it has been shown that if consciousness does have any forward influence on the physical domain then this will at least manifest itself as an influence on quantum collapse<ref name=Kremnizer2021>Kleiner J.; Kremnizer K. Collapse and the Closure of the Physical. Forthcoming.</ref>.
*The '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_will_theorem Free will theorem]'''<ref name=Conway2006>Conway J.; Simon K. (2006), The Free Will Theorem. Foundations of Physics Vol. 36 (10): 1441.</ref> shows that, subject to some minimal assumptions, if we have free will, in the sense that our choices are free rather than being a function of past events, then the behaviour of some elementary particles is also not a function of past events. The experience of actual or apparent free will is an aspect of consciousness and the Free Will Theorem is another example of theory in Quantum Mechanics making a potential connection between consciousness and the physical domain. More generally, there are other, often related, notions of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_will free will].
