DIALOGO
December 20, 2014
Michael B. Mensky
Mystical powers of consciousness, such as direct vision of truth and management of reality, are believed to exist across spiritual traditions and world religions. Many people think mystical events contradict science and cannot be explained scientifically. The author's Quantum Concept of Consciousness, or Extended Everett Concept, argues that mystical powers originate from quantum reality as understood in quantum mechanics, making them part of science. Thus, the mystical aspect of consciousness is a common ground between science and spiritual knowledge.
arXiv Preprint Archive
October 22, 2009
Michael B. Mensky
Consciousness may be linked to quantum features of the world. The Extended Everett's Concept (EEC) explains consciousness and super-consciousness (intuitive knowledge) as phenomena where the brain serves as an interface between these higher cognitive components and the body. The analysis within EEC suggests that technical devices could potentially enhance the use of super-consciousness or intuition.
arXiv Preprint Archive
December 21, 2007
Michael B. Mensky
The author's Extended Everett's Concept (EEC) proposes that consciousness can, during sleep, trance, or meditation, access information from all parallel realities (Everett's worlds) and select favorable ones. A mathematical operation called postcorrection is introduced to model this ability, which adjusts the present state to ensure certain future characteristics. Evolution of living matter is thus guided by goals like survival as well as by causes, creating a theory symmetric in time direction that follows from an anthropic principle. The framework explains free will and direct insight, distinguishes artificial intellect from artificial life, and suggests the deepest level of consciousness is not a brain function.
arXiv Preprint Archive
August 31, 2006
Michael B. Mensky
Conceptual problems in quantum mechanics arise from the specific quantum concept of reality and require including the observer's consciousness into measurement theory. The Extended Everett Concept (EEC) identifies the separation of classical alternatives with the phenomenon of consciousness, explaining why alternatives appear classical and why unusual manifestations of consciousness occur at the edge of consciousness (sleep or trance) when access to other Everett worlds becomes feasible. Because quantum evolution is reversible in EEC, all time moments are equivalent while the impression of time flow appears only in consciousness. Assuming consciousness may influence probabilities of alternatives, EEC explains free will, probabilistic miracles (observing low-probability events), and decreasing entropy in the sphere of life.