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quantum events
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Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu Nov 30, 2004 4 facts
quoteHenry Stapp (2015) describes quantum events as 'not actually random but positively or negatively biased by the positive or negative values in the minds of the observers that are actualized by its (nature’s) choices.'
claimHenry Stapp (2015) proposes a 'semi-orthodox' approach to quantum mechanics where the randomness of individual quantum events is reconceived as being biased by the positive or negative values in the minds of observers.
claimIn the Penrose-Hameroff framework, tubulin states are assumed to depend on quantum events, which allows for quantum coherence among different tubulins.
claimIn quantum theory, the indeterminism of individual quantum events, such as spontaneous emission of light or radioactive decay, is a fundamental feature of nature that is independent of human knowledge or ignorance.
Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu Nov 30, 2004 3 facts
claimIt is a subject of controversy whether quantum events in the brain are relevant to the specific aspects of brain activity that correlate with mental activity.
claimQuantum events occur and are efficacious in the brain, as they are in other biological and material systems.
claimWhile individual quantum events are indeterministic, the behavior of ensembles of these events is statistically determined by laws.
The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com 2 facts
claimMicro-events in the brain might trigger cascades of further events, leading to measurable macro-events and implying a change in the stochastic distribution of indeterministic quantum events.
claimIt has been proposed that consciousness might influence indeterministic quantum events within the nervous system without necessarily involving energy exchange.
Consciousness-Induced Quantum State Reduction - Nova Spivack novaspivack.com Jun 2, 2025 1 fact
claimThe theory of consciousness-induced quantum state reduction proposes that if the consciousness field (Ψ), through its geometric structure (Ω), influences the reduction of quantum states, then the choices made by a conscious system could bias or guide the outcomes of quantum events at a foundational level.
Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness cambridge.org Dec 20, 2023 1 fact
claimThe principle of physical causal closure allows for the possibility that some physical events, such as quantum events, are truly random and lack a cause, while maintaining that all caused physical events, including human behavior, have complete physical explanations.
Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu Nov 30, 2004 1 fact
claimHenry Stapp and the team of Friedrich Beck and John Eccles propose that the ontic randomness of quantum events provides a mechanism for mental causation, allowing conscious mental acts to influence brain activity.