A dyadic model of consciousness
Edgar D. Mitchell
World Futures 1996 DOI: 10.1080/02604027.1996.9972567 (opens in new tab)
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| Key points | Proposes a 'dyadic model' in which human consciousness has both a fundamental aspect, rooted in the zero point quantum potential that gave rise to the Big Bang, and an evolutionary aspect, having evolved through natural processes into increasingly complex forms, analogous to quantized energy manifesting as wave/particles and as molecular matter. |
Abstract
The proposed model for consciousness, called a dyadic model, is based upon reexamination of traditional thought structures in the light of modern experimental evidence from a number of scientific fields. It is an evolutionary cosmological model using energy and information as fundamental concepts. It proposes that the antecedent attributes of anthropic consciousness find their roots in the field of zero point quantum potential which gave rise to the Big Bang. In this model consciousness has both a fundamental aspect and an evolutionary aspect in the same sense that quantized energy manifests fundamentally as wave/particles and is observed in more complex form as molecular matter. Physical existence evolved through natural process into ever more complex organizations of matter; so also must anthropic consciousness have evolved from more fundamental antecedent characteristics. The dyadic model proposes a scenario for this evolution that corresponds to the appearance of the universe we seem to inhabit.