Cosmos MIND and matter: Is mind in spacetime?
Bio Systems September 1, 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2024.105262 (opens in new tab) via PubMed
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractThe article attempts to weave Cosmos, Mind, and Matter into a unified conceptual framework, building on three recent discoveries: (i) particles of the Standard Model may be capable of collective autocatalysis, possibly explaining Cosmogenesis and the origin of physical laws and constants; (ii) evidence suggests matter can expand spacetime, which could clarify Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and Inflation; (iii) evidence at 6.49 sigma indicates mind can alter the outcome of the two-slit experiment, implying mind plays a role in the universe, possibly including a Cosmic Mind. The framework considers ontologically real potentia, nonlocality, mind as not in spacetime, and the co-evolution of complex matter.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Keywords | Cosmic mind Cosmogenesis Matter expands spacetime Mind actualizes potentia Nonlocality |
| Key finding | Proposes that three phenomena—collective autocatalysis of particles, matter expanding spacetime, and mind influencing quantum experiments—if confirmed, would transform cosmology and quantum mechanics, suggesting mind plays a fundamental role. |
Abstract
We attempt in this article to formulate a conceptual and testable framework weaving Cosmos, Mind and Matter into a whole. We build on three recent discoveries, each requiring more evidence: i. The particles of the Standard Model, SU(3) x SU(2) x U(1), are formally capable of collective autocatalysis. This leads us to ask what roles such autocatalysis may have played in Cosmogenesis, and in trying to answer, Why our Laws? Why our Constants? A capacity of the particles of SU(3) x SU(2) x U(1) for collective autocatalysis may be open to experimental test, stunning if confirmed. ii. Reasonable evidence now suggests that matter can expand spacetime. The first issue is to establish this claim at or beyond 5 sigma if that can be done. If true, this process may elucidate Dark Matter, Dark Energy and Inflation and require alteration of Einstein's Field Equations. Cosmology would be transformed. iii. Evidence at 6.49 Sigma suggests that mind can alter the outcome of the two-slit experiment. If widely and independently verified, the foundations of quantum mechanics must be altered. Mind plays a role in the universe. That role may include Cosmic Mind. OUR CONSIDERATIONS CONCERN: 1. Ontologically Real Potentia and the Unmanifest; 2. Nonlocality as Fundamental; 3. Res potentia, Res extensa, and Actualization; 4. Mind and Qualia, Mind is not in Spacetime; 5. Quantum Vacuum = Potentia not in Spacetime = Mind not in Spacetime; 6. Mind can Actualize Potentia; 7. The emergence of the classical world; 8. Co-evolution of evermore complex matter; 9. Why "My Mind"?; 10. Each embodied mind is coupled bilaterally to the Quantum Vacuum that is Cosmic Mind; 11. Responsible Free Will.