Henry Stapp on Quantum Mechanics and Human Consciousness

[@daves2520]

Amazing. So through quantum physics we learn where the material world meets the metaphysical. Atheistic physicists hate this idea because it forces them to admit that something exists beyond the physical. And of course this admission leads directly into the recognition of a Supreme Being and an afterlife. Fantastic.

[@savedfaves]

The thing outside your brain hardware is YOU. It really is that simple. The soul exists. That makes a lot of people uncomfortable and probably mostly because deep down they are uncomfortable with themselves.

[@luckyyuri]

The self is a psychological illusion fashioned by evolution, blown up by human culture to a whole new level. That makes a lot of people uncomfortable and probably mostly because deep down they are pompous egos.

[@antoinevince1]

Yes that is very true but the thing is to find an incontestable proof of it(show that it is a fact, with an experiment), and to find out why do we have a soul, why such a thing was made possible, and what can we do with it ?(quantum phenomenon)

[@hs0zcw]

Some argue that consciousness is infinite and souls never die. Wow!

[@lucasdarianschwendlervieir3714]

Thanks, Henry, I like your philosophy, will definitely be looking at your work.

[@petrustella]

In the 2º part, a nice understanding of the Logos, the Love Wisdom principle that is permeating the universe and it is the unified field of consciouness... Henry Stapp equate that in the human being with the intention of increasing the knowdlege, and I have been seeing it more as an intention of searching the truth, but both are almost the same... Surely the colapsing in terms of new knowledge depends also on the potential quanta of information available in each individual...

[@petermartin5030]

Interesting ideas, but seems to me he slides from collapse of the wave function to attention and action choice in the brain, when the two do not need to be related. The wave function collapses, as I understand it, in physical situations without the human present; and there are brain architectures that can select what to attend to and what action to take that do not need to occur at the quantum level, they can arise from higher level brain architecture.

it's beyond explanation for "modern" materialistic, newtonian - einsteinian physic.. english language is too poor, based on materialistic thinking and has no words for explanation of such phenomena as quantum mechanic that is very core for conciseness itself

[@sngscratcher]

Good stuff!

[@ErebusGodOvDarkness]

Human being, or conscious beings? Or observer dependent roles, conscious or not?

[@illpillprod]

I think you really have to ignore the brain completely in terms of identifying it as some sort of central aspect this. Mind reaches beyond it, always. The brain is always changing in accordance to everything else. Not itself. Observation begins at the senses, not the brain. Things like this.

[@hs0zcw]

Buddhist walking meditation focuses on intention. The Tibetan Buddhists are first and correct, leaving our current science in the dust, waiting for discoveries already known.

[@redwaldcuthberting7195]

You give no examples as to how they leave science in the dust.

[@AceOfHeart2012]

...and thus your reality.

[@AnitaSingh-ru9oy]

Wow great 👏👏👏👏👏

[@runelord37]

That has nothing to do with empirical evidence as to the collapse of the wave function.

[@anialiandr]

this is interesting - why this obsession with the brain? A great lateral thought

[@frankreasoning7993]

It's philosophical Idealism for the scientist.

[@djacob7]

The words "human" and "consciousness" should be thrown out of the dictionary. Both do not exist, though we give some ideas those names.

[@rayc8681]

And how would you justify this assertion? I would enjoy seeing you do so!