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Taking quantum physics and consciousness seriously: what does it mean and what are the consequences?

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We present some of the foundational ideas of so-called hidden-measurement interpretation of quantum mechanics, whose proposed solution to the measurement problem does not require any deus ex machina intervention from an abstract ego, but asks in exchange to accept that our physical reality would be mostly non-spatial, and therefore much larger than what we could expect from our ordinary experience of it. We also emphasize that, similarly to quantum mechanics, the data today available from the study of psychic and spiritual phenomena about the consciousness, if taken seriously, require us to accept, as well, the existence of a non-spatial “elsewhere” where the consciousness is able to manifest. In other terms, both quantum physics and consciousness point to the existence of larger realities extending beyond the limits of our spatial theatre. This doesn’t mean, however, that they would necessarily be the same realities, as is often assumed due to prejudices rooted in materialism. We also explain how the new research domain called quantum cognition has provided a new thought-provoking model for the non-spatial nature of the microscopic entities, in what has been called the conceptuality interpretation of quantum mechanics, and how the astonishing hypothesis underlying this interpretation can possibly shed some light also on the nature of those non-ordinary phenomena that we humans are able to experience when in more expanded states of consciousness.
Tijdschrift: AutoRicerca
Volume: 21
Pagina's: 197-260
Jaar van publicatie:2020