Corpus evidence — top 10 passages

Most-relevant passages from the entire indexed corpus (67,286 paragraph chunks across YouTube transcripts, PubMed, arXiv, archive.org, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, OpenAlex, and more) ranked by semantic similarity (bge-small-en-v1.5).

1. 01 · yt0.868

   It's called the collapse of the wave function and it's one of the most mysterious transitions in all of science. The collapse of the wave function is just a way of saying that we don't know. At the quantum level, particles don't exist in one place. They exist in multiple states at once until we observe them. Then suddenly everything changes. The field collapses and a single outcome appears. But here's the catch. Physics can't explain how that collapse happens. There's no formula, no mechanism. It's not a gradual process. It's instantaneous, unpredictable, and completely outside the bounds of c…

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2. 02 · _intake0.863

   Because if quantum states collapse only when measured a - [`016-remarkable-that-there-are-um-people-holding-down-positions-a`](consciousness/016-remarkable-that-there-are-um-people-holding-down-positions-a.md) — score=6 `00:00:46.079` — remarkable that there are um people holding down positions at universities who deny that there is such a thing as consci - [`017-ever-since-spirit-science-began-all-of-us-have-been-explorin`](consciousness/017-ever-since-spirit-science-began-all-of-us-have-been-explorin.md) — score=6 `00:32:43.519` — Ever since spirit science began, all of us have been explorin…

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3. 03 · arxiv0.841

   Does consciousness collapse the quantum wave function? This idea was taken seriously by John von Neumann and Eugene Wigner but is now widely dismissed. We develop the idea by combining a mathematical theory of consciousness (integrated information theory) with an account of quantum collapse dynamics (continuous spontaneous localization). Simple versions of the theory are falsified by the quantum Zeno effect, but more complex versions remain compatible with empirical evidence. In principle, versions of the theory can be tested by experiments with quantum computers. The upshot is not that consci…

   arxiv/2105.02314-consciousness-and-the-collapse-of-the-wave-function/info.md

4. 04 · yt0.829

   How is it possible for an act of measurement to collapse this probability wave and give a definite position to particles which have no definite positions before the act of measurement. And believe it or not, physicists have been kicking this so-called measurement problem around for a good hundred years almost more like 90. For about 90 years they've been speculating on this with no actual solution in sight. The weirdest ideas are presented by them in order to resolve this conundrum. But I believe it's still open and open question in the physics world. So this is what got me into thinking about…

   yt/HUDEUJgZzew-vertical-causation-scientism-wolfgang-smith-richard-smith-ka/transcript.txt

5. 05 · _intake0.827

   What if - **7** [never/must/causes] · `00:58:12.440` [Iain McGilchrist ~ Active Inference Insights 023 ~ Hemispher](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKVZykutOD0&t=3492) > that the brain creates Consciousness that needs to be held as distinct from an ontological premise that the brain causes Consciousness so it might be I never know this I can never prove it - **7** [never/causes/because] · `00:58:16.680` [Iain McGilchrist ~ Active Inference Insights 023 ~ Hemispher](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKVZykutOD0&t=3496) > an ontological premise that the brain causes Consciousness so it might be I …

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6. 06 · yt0.825

   See in the early days of quantum mechanics, people worried about the collapse of the wavefunction, but not thinking of it as a physical process. I mean, many people, including most, particularly Wigner, I think because I talked to him quite a lot when I was in Princeton, I had conversations with Wigner which were very interesting, and he had the view, as many others did, that somehow the collapse of the wave function was an effect of consciousness. Let’s just say, the terminology in quantum theory is very much suggestive of that because it says, you an observation, and this observation induces…

   yt/0nOtLj8UYCw-quantum-consciousness-debate-does-the-wave-function-actually/transcript.txt

7. 07 · yt0.821

   The measured particle is in a given s- place and time. And so, this is something that puzzled the physicists. How is it possible for an act of measurement to collapse this probability wave and give a definite position to particles which have no definite positions before the act of measurement. And believe it or not physicists have been kicking this so-called measurement problem around for a good 100 years, almost. More like 90. For about 90 years, they've been speculating on this with no actual uh solution in sight. The weirdest ideas are presented by them uh in order to resolve this conundrum…

   yt/8NWHGX53agc-dr-wolfgang-smith-renowned-physicist-on-vertical-causation-i/transcript.txt

8. 08 · pubmed0.819

   What is consciousness? Conventional approaches see it as an emergent property of complex interactions among individual neurons; however these approaches fail to address enigmatic features of consciousness. Accordingly, some philosophers have contended that "qualia," or an experiential medium from which consciousness is derived, exists as a fundamental component of reality. Whitehead, for example, described the universe as being composed of "occasions of experience." To examine this possibility scientifically, the very nature of physical reality must be re-examined. We must come to terms with t…

   pubmed/PMID-11349432-consciousness-the-brain-and-spacetime-geometry/info.md

9. 09 · yt0.816

   Then responds by changing its own. Result in changing the observer. And so both behaves this. The the the. The measurement becomes a symmetric operation where each, each observer and observer are actually interacting and exchanging information. Which of course in this theory this information is really only the outer aspect of the meaning. They, they want to communicate with each other. In other words, the inner state, the state that cannot be known. That state is the meaning. And that being is what is. Actually exchanged through symbols which are, that there are fields or states of fields in s…

   yt/w6cBQESNDV0-federico-faggin-merging-science-spirituality-quantum-physics/transcript.txt

10. 10 · yt0.815

    So this is the idea that this collection of motions and that collection's emotions and which ones are activated are all there together and which one is activated is a is a conscious choice and that conscious choice as it is at a quantum level choice in these very specific cells that you get the coherent superposition of different actions. I see. It could be this action is under control or this one or this one and they're all there in quantum superposition. So the choice you make as to which one is controlled is a quantum choice. And presumably when when the waveform collapses that's when you b…

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