Sequential Encounter Theory: Objective Reductions in a Fixed Universe
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) August 21, 2026 Carter Mican
We present a philosophical synthesis in which Penrose–Hameroff objective reduction (Orch-OR) is embedded inside a block-universe ontology. Consciousness arises from objective, non-computable state reductions that are already determinate in the four-dimensional structure of spacetime. A conscious system encounters these reductions sequentially along its world-line. The sequential rendering of an...