Consciousness, Redux.
Medical Hypotheses March 11, 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109674 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Citations | 16 |
| Key points | Proposes that consciousness is a product of the Singularity/Big Bang, functioning on the same data operating system as cosmology, and that humans can transcend it by authoring their own software. |
Abstract
There have been many attempts to explain consciousness, ranging from Plato's archetypes, to Descartes' 'Mind-Body Dualism', and more recently to Chalmers' Qualia, and Andy Clarke's extended mind. Yet none of these conceptualizations of consciousness provide empiric evidence for what consciousness actually constitutes. The present hypothesis is that Consciousness is a product of the Singularity/Big Bang resulting from the endogenization of factors in the environment that have formed our physiology. Understanding the origin of consciousness as the Consciousness of the Singularity/Big Bang requires that it diachronically cuts across space-time. Consciousness functions based on the same data operating system as Cosmology. We can transcend consciousness and approach Consciousness by authoring our own software once we recognize this fundamental, mechanistic interrelationship.