Perception as Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking within the Everett Multiverse
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) September 3, 2026 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22276640 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that consciousness and the quantum measurement problem can be explained without objective collapse, proposing that perceptions emerge via spontaneous symmetry breaking within many-worlds branches, and suggests experimental tests using brain assembloids. |
Abstract
This paper proposes an experimentally verifiable framework to quantum consciousness and to the quantum measurement problem rooted in condensed matter physics, gauge theory, and the Everett Many-Worlds interpretation. We argue that macroscopic perceptions do not require an objective, collapse (be it gravitational or otherwise induced) . Instead, they emerge locally via Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking (SSB) within the leaves/worlds of a universal wavefunction. Under this model, human biological architecture acts as a specialized measurement apparatus hardwired to project reality onto a preferred basis of position (x̂) and energy (Ĥ). We propose concrete empirical validation protocols utilizing multi-region human brain visual pathway assembloids in vitro to definitively test this model against both mainstream computationalism and Orch OR.