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quantum gravity
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Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu Nov 30, 2004 4 facts
claimRoger Penrose, in his 1994 work, sketches ideas concerning non-computable features of quantum gravity as potential candidates for explaining gravitation-induced state reduction.
claimRoger Penrose's proposed gravitation-induced objective state reduction is non-computable, distinguishing it from standard stochastic or probabilistic processes which are computable and can be implemented on a computer.
claimRoger Penrose's theory relating conscious acts to gravitation-induced reductions of quantum states requires a future theory of quantum gravity that has not yet been developed.
perspectiveRoger Penrose assumes that a full-blown theory of quantum gravity is required to ultimately understand quantum measurement.
Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu Nov 30, 2004 3 facts
referenceRoger Penrose proposed relating elementary conscious acts to gravitation-induced reductions of quantum states, a theory that requires a future framework of quantum gravity.
referenceRoger Penrose (1994) sketches ideas regarding non-computable features of quantum gravity in sections 7.8 and 7.10 of his work.
claimRoger Penrose's theory of consciousness relies on future developments in quantum gravity to explain the physical process of quantum state reduction, rather than relying on current quantum theory.
Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 Edition) plato.stanford.edu May 23, 2001 2 facts
claimDamian Aleksiev's 'Missing Entities Problem' (2021) questions whether phenomena such as spacetime, a high-dimensional quantum state, and timeless entities in quantum gravity theories can be intelligibly grounded in facts about consciousness.
claimSusan Schneider (2018) notes that in many popular approaches to quantum gravity, neither space nor time are considered fundamental entities.
Consciousness-Induced Quantum State Reduction - Nova Spivack novaspivack.com Jun 2, 2025 1 fact
claimThe interface where consciousness meets quantum mechanics is a potential window into quantum gravity, and experiments testing consciousness-induced reduction might reveal deviations from standard quantum mechanics that are signatures of deeper gravitational or informational principles.
Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu Nov 30, 2004 1 fact
perspectiveRoger Penrose argues that a full-blown theory of quantum gravity is required to understand quantum measurement and the physical process underlying quantum state reduction.
Quantum Models of Consciousness from a Quantum Information ... arxiv.org Dec 20, 2024 1 fact
referenceUlbricht et al. published 'Spin entanglement witness for quantum gravity' in Physical Review Letters in 2017, which discusses methods for detecting entanglement in the context of quantum gravity.