Information, Context, and the Observer: Resolving the Physical Boundary Between Cloneable Geometry and Uncloneable Cognition
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) September 2, 2026 Marco Lindenbeck
Abstract: Classical computationalism asserts that cognitive systems are functional state machines operating on observable physical data, implying that consciousness can, in principle, be cloned, simulated, or uploaded to digital hardware. Conversely, non-computable models of mind—most notably the Penrose-Hameroff Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch-OR) framework—argue that cognition requires...