Consciousness, Time, and the Universe: An Interplay of Observation and Change
Ive been exploring the nature of consciousness, time, and the universe, and Id love to hear your thoughts on these ideas:
1. Consciousness as Fundamental:
Consciousness is not just an emergent phenomenon but a fundamental property of the universe. It creates a dual multiverse: one shaped by each being's unique experience and another formed by the set of all possible human experiences through decision-making.
2. Free Will as a Journey, Not a Choice:
Decisions often feel like free will, but they may be pre-determined by prior experiences and values, akin to retrieving answers from a "cache." Active reasoning feels like control because we consciously live through the line of reasoning.
3. Reality Requires Observation:
The universe exists only when observed. Without observation, theres only potentialityan idea resonating with quantum mechanics and idealism.
4. Time as a Byproduct of Entropy:
Time is not an independent entity but a construct emerging from the increase in entropy. For the universe to exist beyond nothingness, time is essential to define and characterize change.
How do these ideas resonate with you? What are your perspectives on the interplay between consciousness, observation, and the structure of reality?
1. Consciousness as Fundamental:
Consciousness is not just an emergent phenomenon but a fundamental property of the universe. It creates a dual multiverse: one shaped by each being's unique experience and another formed by the set of all possible human experiences through decision-making.
2. Free Will as a Journey, Not a Choice:
Decisions often feel like free will, but they may be pre-determined by prior experiences and values, akin to retrieving answers from a "cache." Active reasoning feels like control because we consciously live through the line of reasoning.
3. Reality Requires Observation:
The universe exists only when observed. Without observation, theres only potentialityan idea resonating with quantum mechanics and idealism.
4. Time as a Byproduct of Entropy:
Time is not an independent entity but a construct emerging from the increase in entropy. For the universe to exist beyond nothingness, time is essential to define and characterize change.
How do these ideas resonate with you? What are your perspectives on the interplay between consciousness, observation, and the structure of reality?
Comments (6)
Irregardless, pre-determined and determined are the same.
Here is one that you may not have thought through:
Quoting Ayush Jain
"[T]ime is essential to define and characterize change [over time]." That is a truism, of course, and it highlights the problem with trying to derive time as "emerging from the increase in entropy." Entropy increases - changes - over time. You need to have the concept of time before you can talk of an increase in entropy. Deriving time from entropy is circular, because the latter concept depends on the former.
Entropy, arguably, can explain the arrow of time: the fact that past and future are asymmetric. It is by way of entropic processes that memories are inscribed in our brains, and thus we remember the lower-entropy past and not the higher-entropy future.
Also, on the entropy piece. I think that entropy is more fundamental than time itself, which is the reason why I used entropy to define time.
In a universe where nothing ever changes, time has no meaning. Time emerges only when change or entropy is introduced.
Yes, you said this already in your opening post, and I explained why this is unworkable.
What does this mean? Does it mean that the universe has consciousness?
The universe exists only when observed. Without observation, theres only potentialityan idea resonating with quantum mechanics and idealism."[/i]
This is a carry over from quantum physics. Schrodinger's cat is not meant to be taken seriously, it is meant to illustrate some difficulties scientists encountered in their experiments. Observation and detection should not be conflated, they are two separate things. Observation is not relevant except for practical purposes. Detection is when a quantum event leaves a trace effect on an experimental apparatus. (eg a spot on a photographic plate). Detection is what matters. There is no such thing as a dead/alive cat.