The Informational Field Consciousness Theory: DNA as Fractal Antenna and the Limits of Synthetic Biology
Preprints.org December 2, 2025 preprint DOI: 10.20944/preprints202512.0050.v1 (opens in new tab) via OpenAlex
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractThe Informational Field Consciousness Theory (IFCT) proposes that consciousness arises from DNA acting as a fractal antenna that couples with a fundamental informational field, with neural networks filtering this information into conscious experience. The theory draws on evidence from DNA's electromagnetic properties, biophoton emission, and quantum coherence in biological systems. It argues that synthetic biology's inability to design functional DNA from scratch, despite successfully replicating existing sequences, hints at undiscovered principles beyond genetic storage, possibly including antenna-like properties shaped by evolution. The authors offer testable experiments to distinguish IFCT from materialist emergence theories and discuss implications for artificial consciousness, ethics, and the nature of life.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
|---|---|
| Keywords | Consciousness Synthetic biology Field mathematics Fractal Coupling piping |
| Key finding | Proposes that DNA functions as a fractal antenna coupling with a fundamental informational field, with neural networks filtering conscious experience, and that synthetic biology's failure to design functional DNA de novo suggests undiscovered principles beyond genetic storage. |
Abstract
We propose the Informational Field Consciousness Theory (IFCT), an integrative framework combining information physics, quantum biology, and neuroscience to address the Hard Problem of Consciousness. Central to our thesis is the hypothesis that DNA functions as a fractal antenna capable of coupling with a fundamental informational field (IF), with neural networks serving as processors that filter and render conscious experience. We present empirical evidence from recent studies on DNA’s electromagnetic properties, biophoton emission, and quantum coherence in biological systems. Critically, we argue that the inability of synthetic biology to design functional DNA de novo - despite successfully replicating existing sequences - suggests undiscovered principles governing DNA’s role beyond genetic information storage, potentially including antenna/receiver properties optimized through evolution. We propose testable experimental protocols to distinguish our framework from purely materialist emergence theories and discuss implications for artificial consciousness, ethics, and the nature of life itself.