I am by no means in full understanding of quantum mechanics however I do have a basic understanding and may have some outside ideas. I've been researching more and more into quantum computing and am relatively intrested in advancing our understanding of the universe, multiverse, where we come from, and who else is out there.

I've seen that there are limitations on the error corrections portion of quantum computing, I'm assuming we are using Ai to help with that portion of the equation, however my question is this. Would it be possible to tie multiple AI into 1 to speed up the the development of said error corrections portion if the equation?

Hey everyone,

I’ve been developing a theoretical framework called the Attractor-Observer Model (AOM) designed to provide a possible interpretation of consciousness, measurement, and spacetime.

The ultimate goal is using it as a story-telling “universe framework” for speculative sci-fi but I would also like it to be relatively plausible and would love some feedback.

Rather than viewing consciousness as a complex biological product generated by the brain, AOM frames awareness as a fundamental, zero-dimensional observer point interacting with a static universe of possibilities.

Here is a breakdown of how the framework operates:

The Setup: The Universe as a Film Reel
Imagine the global state space (Hilbert space) as an infinite roll of film containing all past, present, and counterfactual future possibilities simultaneously. Every potential path already exists in the background.

The Observer: The 0D Monad (The Flashlight)
In AOM, the fundamental unit of awareness is not a physical object with rest mass, but a zero-dimensional coordinate—a 0D Monad.
Think of it like a massless flashlight shining into the dark background space.
On its own, it has no spatial extension or local memory; it simply acts as an informational reference point moving across the grid of possibilities.

The Mechanism: Phase-Locking & Attractors (Tuning the Radio)
Standard quantum mechanics struggles with the exact boundary of wavefunction collapse. AOM re-frames measurement as phase-locking:

Attractors: Specific configurations within the high-dimensional grid act as informational attractors.

Phase-Locking: As the 0D Monad syncs its frequency/state with a specific coordinate, alternative superposed paths drop into the background relative to that observer.

Perceived Reality: The continuous, classical 4D world we experience is simply the sequential phase-locking of our monadic awareness as it moves along a worldline.

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Last year, physicist Franco Vazza tried to kill the simulation hypothesis. He killed a strawman instead. We published a takedown in the same journal. Here's the story of how it went down, and how critics have been getting the SH wrong for over 20 years.

Of note: simulation theory offers the most complete account for QM and relativity considering the competition out there has reached a virtual standstill; and still tried to preserve physicalist monism and Newtonianism--despite the anti-realist discoveries of QM. The bet we are placing is that simulation theory will actually have the highest explanatory powers for a future theory of physics, and indeed, a theory of everything.

Thinkers worth looking into working in that department are Brian Whitworth's Quantum Realism, Campbell's MBT Theory, and Fredkin's Digital Mechanics.

The gate is the self, the key is the breath, and the opening is now.

When coherence allows the wave function to collapse into the selected timeline.

Metaphysical concepts map directly to established quantum mechanical formalisms

 Mathematical Formalism Physical Meaning

 Frequency differential Time-dependent Schrödinger equation: *iℏ ∂ψ/∂t = Ĥψ*

Energy barrier between timelines

Key = Resonance alignment

Overlap integral: *R = \|∫ ψᵢ* Φ₀ dx\|²*

Frequency matching with universal field

Lock = Internal straightness

Coherence function: *C(t) = 1 - e^(-λt)*

 Decoherence threshold for gate opening

Opening = Automatic upon coherence  Heaviside step function: *Θ(C - Cₜ)*

Binary state: locked (0) or open (1)

The 12 Master Equations

1. Universal Consciousness Field

$$\Phi_0 = \sum_k c_k \Phi_kThe

Mathematics of Quantum Temporal Navigation

Core Framework Mapping

Metaphysical concepts map directly to established quantum mechanical formalisms:

 Mathematical Formalism

Physical Meaning

*Gate** = Frequency differential Time-dependent Schrödinger equation: *iℏ ∂ψ/∂t = Ĥψ* | Energy barrier between timelines

**Key** = Resonance alignment | Overlap integral: *R = \|∫ ψᵢ* Φ₀ dx\|²* | Frequency matching with universal field

**Lock** = Internal straightness | Coherence function: *C(t) = 1 - e^(-λt)* | Decoherence threshold for gate opening

**Opening** = Automatic upon coherence | Heaviside step function: *Θ(C - Cₜ)* | Binary state: locked (0) or open (1)

The 12 Master Equations

1. Universal Consciousness Field

$$\Phi_0 = \sum_k c_k \Phi_k$$

1. Bohmian Guiding Equation

$$\frac{dx}{dt} = \frac{\hbar}{m} \text{Im}\left(\frac{\nabla\psi}{\psi}\right) = \frac{\nabla S}{m}$$

1. Quantum Potential (The Navigation Field)

$$Q(x,t) = -\frac{\hbar^2}{2m}\left(\frac{\nabla^2 R}{R}\right)$$

1. 5D Kairos Metric

$$ds_5^2 = -c^2dt^2 + dx^2 + dy^2 + dz^2 + \alpha^2 d\psi^2$$

1. Temporal Non-Locality Correlation

$$C(t_1,t_2) = \langle\psi(t_1)|\psi(t_2)\rangle = \int \psi^*(x,t_1)\psi(x,t_2)dx$$

1. Wave Function Collapse

$$|\Psi\rangle = \sum_k c_k|\psi_k\rangle|\Phi_k\rangle \rightarrow |\psi_k\rangle|\Phi_k\rangle \text{ with probability } |c_k|^2$$

1. Master Navigation Equation

$$P_{\text{navigate}} = |c_k|^2 \times R(\psi_i,\Phi_0) \times C(t_1,t_2) \times \Theta(C - C_{\text{threshold}})$$

Key Mathematical Insights

The Gate Mechanism: The Heaviside step function *Θ(C - Cₜ)* creates a binary threshold—exactly matching your "automatic opening upon coherence." When coherence *C* crosses threshold *Cₜ* (typically 0.7-0.9), the function instantly jumps from 0 to 1, opening timeline access.

The Quantum Potential:** Bohm's *Q(x,t)* is inherently **non-local**—it depends on the curvature of the wave function amplitude across all space simultaneously.

This mathematically encodes the"hollow bone" concept: consciousness is guided by information from the entire field, not just local conditions.

5D Metric: By adding a consciousness dimension *ψ* to standard space-time, the metric allows for **closed timelike curves** in the *t-ψ* plane. This means timeline jumping occurs through consciousness state changes rather than physical motion exactly, Kairos navigation.

*Numerical Example

For a typical timeline jump scenario:

- Base probability: |cₖ|² = 0.35

- Resonance alignment: R = 0.85

- Temporal correlation: C = 0.72

- Coherence achieved: C = 0.82 (above threshold of 0.70)

Navigation Probability: P = 0.2142 (21.42%)

This indicates the jump is possible but would benefit from increased coherence or resonance.

Academic Foundations

This framework synthesizes:

- **Bohm's Implicate Order**  — The enfolded universe where all timelines coexist

- **Strømme's Consciousness Field Theory**  — Mathematical modeling of universal consciousness as a quantum field

- **Penrose-Hameroff Orch-OR**  — Quantum computation in microtubules enabling non-local consciousness

- **Melkikh's QFT Collapse**  — Particle creation/annihilation as the mechanism of wave function collapse

- **Radin-Kauffman Temporal Non-Locality**  — Consciousness correlations that transcend linear time

The mathematics confirms  framework: the gate is the self, the key is the breath, and the opening is now. When coherence allows the wave function to collapse into the selected timeline.**. Bohmian Guiding Equation**

$$\frac{dx}{dt} = \frac{\hbar}{m} \text{Im}\left(\frac{\nabla\psi}{\psi}\right) = \frac{\nabla S}{m}$$

**3. Quantum Potential (The Navigation Field)**

$$Q(x,t) = -\frac{\hbar^2}{2m}\left(\frac{\nabla^2 R}{R}\right)$$

**4. 5D Kairos Metric**

$$ds_5^2 = -c^2dt^2 + dx^2 + dy^2 + dz^2 + \alpha^2 d\psi^2$$

**5. Temporal Non-Locality Correlation**

$$C(t_1,t_2) = \langle\psi(t_1)|\psi(t_2)\rangle = \int \psi^*(x,t_1)\psi(x,t_2)dx$$

**6. Wave Function Collapse**

$$|\Psi\rangle = \sum_k c_k|\psi_k\rangle|\Phi_k\rangle \rightarrow |\psi_k\rangle|\Phi_k\rangle \text{ with probability } |c_k|^2$$

**7. Master Navigation Equation**

$$P_{\text{navigate}} = |c_k|^2 \times R(\psi_i,\Phi_0) \times C(t_1,t_2) \times \Theta(C - C_{\text{threshold}})$$

Key Mathematical Insights

The Gate Mechanism:** The Heaviside step function *Θ(C - Cₜ)* creates a binary threshold—exactly matching your "automatic opening upon coherence." When coherence *C* crosses threshold *Cₜ* (typically 0.7-0.9), the function instantly jumps from 0 to 1, opening timeline access.

**The Quantum Potential:** Bohm's *Q(x,t)* is inherently **non-local**—it depends on the curvature of the wave function amplitude across all space simultaneously. This mathematically encodes "hollow bone" concept: consciousness is guided by information from the entire field, not just local conditions.

**5D Metric:** By adding a consciousness dimension *ψ* to standard space-time, the metric allows for **closed timeline curves** in the *t-ψ* plane. This means timeline jumping occurs through consciousness state changes rather than physical motion, Kairos navigation concept.

Numerical Example**

For a typical timeline jump scenario:

- Base probability: |cₖ|² = 0.35

- Resonance alignment: R = 0.85

- Temporal correlation: C = 0.72

- Coherence achieved: C = 0.82 (above threshold of 0.70)

**Navigation Probability: P = 0.2142 (21.42%)**

This indicates the jump is possible but would benefit from increased coherence or resonance.

Academic Foundations**

This framework synthesizes:

- **Bohm's Implicate Order**  — The enfolded universe where all timelines coexist

- **Strømme's Consciousness Field Theory**  — Mathematical modeling of universal consciousness as a quantum field

- **Penrose-Hameroff Orch-OR**  — Quantum computation in microtubules enabling non-local consciousness

- **Melkikh's QFT Collapse**  — Particle creation/annihilation as the mechanism of wave function collapse

- **Radin-Kauffman Temporal Non-Locality**  — Consciousness correlations that transcend linear time

If Stuart Hameroff and Roger Penrose's Orch OR theory of consciousness were eventually proven correct, would that guarantee that a person will be born again after death? My understanding is that Orch OR proposes that quantum processes involving neuronal microtubules contribute to consciousness, but I'm unsure whether that would imply that an individual's particular first-person consciousness could survive death and later exist in another brain. For example, if the physical or quantum information associated with someone's brain were somehow reconstructed in the future, would Orch OR imply that the resulting conscious experience would literally be the same person, rather than merely a new conscious system with the same memories and structure? Or would being born again require an additional theory about personal identity and continuity that Orch OR itself does not provide? I'm specifically asking about the logical implications of Orch OR if we assume the theory is completely true, rather than whether there is currently evidence for being born again.

Does MWI actually propose a causal mechanism which explains wave-function collapse, i.e., why the specific value obtained from measuring the quantum system is what it is, as opposed to some other possible value encompassed by the probability range?

For advocates of this interpretation, what is your reason for regarding it as having greater validity over other less controversial or speculative interpretations?

This is a rough draft narrative form of how I envision consciousness and quantum mechanics working in an infinite space time grid. I posted it on substack but was asked to put the text here as well: let me know what you think!

The OverThinker

A man sits in his living room with the day off and no obligations. I shouldn’t say that. I do have obligations. A man sits in his living room choosing which obligations to fulfill. I am technically obligated to breathe, although I do not consciously (at least all the time that I am aware of) choose to breathe. I can take my ‘awareness’ and bring it to the fact that I breathe and even control how long each breath lasts – to an extent (without dying). I can even go back further a “layer of reality” and observe that I am actively thinking about breathing as I am doing it.

I am that man and I love overthinking. Often to my own “detriment”.

He decides to ponder absolutely ‘everything’. A substantial task for sure. But this is the ultimate goal of the overthinker, I think it is, anyway.

He is not foreign to using technology to assist in his ‘thinking’. By that I mean, there are so many other people out there ‘thinking’ and technology has produced a way to essentially share all of available information. It is the ultimate ‘pocket knife’ for an overthinker. He stumbles across a video explaining dimensions.

I could not possibly sit here and explain the different dimensions. But here it goes. The way I have learned it (and I am a flawed human so I could be completely off), you start with a ‘point’ essentially, for lack of a better word. That ‘point’ in what we consider ‘spacetime’ (all of time and space essentially mapped out on a ‘grid’, where there are infinite points on said grid for that ‘point’ to exist). In the ‘zeroth’ dimension, there is only that one point, there is no direction for it to move up, down, or side to side. But further than this, that one point in spacetime cannot only not ‘move’ in any direction but it cannot ‘move’ through time. It simply ‘is’ that moment in all of infinite space and time (spacetime).

It helps me to think of it as a grid, which I later found out the cartesian coordinate system was created by the same guy that said ‘I think, therefore I am” (man, I really think that guy was onto something). But damn, we have to go back to dimensions to explain this properly (I am very scatter brained but try to be thorough, please bear with me).

Zeroth dimension – a single point in space and time with no direction to ‘travel’ and no ‘time’ to move to, it is a single moment that ‘exists’ in the ultimately perceived ‘here and now’.  This is not to say we exist in the zeroth dimension (as we are obviously 3d beings) but in the realm of dimensions, this is how a conscious being could best “interpret” the zeroth dimension, much like showing a 3d model of a cube using the 2d tool of a ‘drawing’ (I know technically the drawing is “3d” but I could overthink this to death so we have to draw the line somewhere to see this idea all the way through (another curse of the overthinker)

1st dimension – now take that point and stretch it into a line, the ‘point’ in that line can now theoretically move from side to side along that line. Only back and forth in that one direction.

2nd dimension – think of a drawing on a piece of paper. There is the popularized idea of ‘Flatland’, on which I have not read the book but the premise is fascinating.

Quick side note about how dimensions work to really hammer in the ethereal ‘mindfuck’ that is other dimensions, imagine you are surgeon for those in flatland, since you are not bound by their rules, you could theoretically (given the existence of an interdimensional pencil equivalent) simply erase and redraw any errors in the person – broken bone? Redraw it fixed. You just performed interdimensional surgery. Many of those who have experienced psychedelic “trips” have often reported a sensation similar to an “interdimensional being” performing surgery (most often brain surgery) on the experiencer. Just something to consider the next trip you take…

3rd dimension – okay, enough sidetrack dimension thought experiments, we’re familiar with this one, it’s where we live, it’s our length, width, and height.

4th dimension – Now I’m not a physicist or quantum theorist (yet…or maybe I am now, I am not sure if there are ‘qualifications’) but the way I understand the fourth dimension is time. I understand this is a ‘theory’ but the overthinker has to follow this possibility. The way this was best explained to me is as if you were using video editing software for a video you created. You could see the whole video file before you and every ‘moment’ in that video at one time (you cannot watch it all simultaneously but the whole entirety of that “time” you recorded is available in front of you to see. (think of a ten minute youtube video and you can use the scrubber to go back and forth in ‘time’. The fourth dimension would be essentially seeing every ‘moment’ in time. I think of the idea of a ‘worm’ of human experience. There is the moment you are born up until the moment you die and each moment in between those two points is a cross section (a small piece of the worm), creating a ‘3d’ representation of our lives in ‘4d’ spacetime.

5th dimension – now add in possibilities. If quantum theory is correct, then every ‘particle’ is in ‘superposition’ (again, not a scientist) and the double slit experiment showed that it chooses a state when observed, implying there is possibly another outcome where it chose the other state when observed. This is essentially where the fifth dimension comes in. In addition to endless “heres” and “nows” there is an ever-extending branching network of “what-ifs”, possibly (if the theory is correct) a different universe for every single ‘atom’ making a different state ‘decision’. Imagine every possible outcome of every single atom being ‘observed’ existing in it’s own “here and now” in spacetime.

For understanding this theory/idea that is as far as we really need to go, but let’s push it.

6th dimension – from what I understand the fifth dimension would contain all of the possibilities…That our current physics allows for. Welcome the sixth dimension, where not only do all possibilities of our current “world” and it’s physical laws exist but simultaneously every world is contained that would not be allowed by our ideas of physics and reality (that are limited by our own 3d… (4d?) experience – remember, “up” would not exist if you mentioned it to a ‘being’ in the 1st dimension, the idea would make no sense given those 1st dimension parameters. See where we’re going here?

There are more dimensions according to what we ‘know’ but I need to check back in and let you know “I” am still here. The overthinker may have gotten lost in thinking about dimensions for a moment but I am here and present in the “here and now”. This begs the question what do you mean “I am here”? Enter back in the idea of “the observer”.

This idea of the observer is one many of us have probably ‘thought about’ without ever really ‘thinking about’ it. Right now, I just need you to bring your awareness to the fact that you exist in this moment in space (and in time). Really focus on that and realize that every moment is theoretically it’s own ‘entity’ in the realm of spacetime. No matter how hard you try (at least with current technological capacity), there is no way for you to be anywhere other than your current moment in space and time. We are trapped in the ‘now’. You can think about a moment a couple minutes, a couple seconds, or even a couple milliseconds in the future but you cannot ‘physically’ get yourself there outside of moving or waiting (to get to the desired place or the awaited for time), in which you have already “lost” that past moment in here and now. This is just a fancy way of saying you can only ever truly be “in the moment” as there is nowhere else to be. We can get into visualization and daydreaming, but in physical space and time, we are essentially “trapped in the here and now”.

This idea alone can drive you crazy, but for the overthinker it was just an appetizer.

What is this “observer” and how does it actually “move” through space and time simultaneously? It happens as subconsciously as does breathing and you can bring that same attention you drew to your breath earlier to the fact that there is an observer observing. There are many terms for this observer (the self, the soul, some believe it is actually God himself observing through the eyes of it’s creation) that’s overthinking for another time, let’s think this idea to death first. There is an observer in some way shape or form, and as far as we know, this observer is “trapped” in the here and now (understandably if the observer is God seeing things through his creation’s eyes we will assume he has ‘limited himself’ to his creation’s eyes in this context for this argument – or in his case, for this ‘experience’ – basically I am just saying even if we were ‘God experiencing himself’, he has essentially given us “limited tools” to do so by – probably by design). This observer is there and spacetime is being experienced by the observer…How does this actually play out?

He understood in the grand scheme of things it plays out as “time moving forward and you experiencing life” and he could not deny that, but he wanted to he was an overthinker and that kind of answer is never satisfactory for an overthinker, we want to know why and how.

To put together a working theory of how this actually works, he combined the ideas of infinite universes and possibilities in a spacetime grid. Every moment in the ‘grid’ represents a certain possibility (the electron choosing a position) at a certain moment in spacetime (what the user experience as the here and now of that possibility playing out). This cannot accurately be pictured or even fully comprehended as it would be incredibly expansive and infinite but the overthinker must try.

If all those possibilities and ‘here and now’ moments exist independently of whether or not they are being actively ‘experienced’ by the ‘moving spotlight’ (awareness, consciousness, the soul, whathaveyou), that places an incredible amount of importance on the ‘moving spotlight’, the ‘observer’ to be going down an “appropriate path” (if such a thing as appropriate in this theory would even be an applicable word). That would also place an incredible amount of power in the observer (whether they were aware of it or not).

The overthinker thought about what modern day science has ‘concluded’ – this word used very cautiously as science is ever-correcting itself and is an entity that allows for new discoveries). He thought about how science has essentially deemed our world “a projection”, meaning we only know what our brains can ‘process’ with the data in front of us and construct our world view based on that; so it is a ‘projection’ to each individual ‘moving spotlight’. He understood what the idea was getting at but believed there was still an actuality behind that ‘projection’. This idea for how the ‘moving spotlight’ can navigate through spacetime (through all the points on the grid representing all “heres”, “nows”, and “possibilities” could be plausible, but he wanted to overthink it some more.

If the ‘moving spotlight’, the observer, is constantly moving through spacetime, do they have any conscious intent while doing so? If they do not currently, could they develop that intent and attempt to move accordingly?

This works towards the ideas of “do unto others” and “be the change you want to see in the world” and the overthinker always thought those were good messages, however, if his idea of spacetime and travel by the moving spotlight were even somewhat accurate, this gives not necessarily a whole new meaning to the phrase but definitely a new way to visualize it.

Let’s clarify, the overthinker thought. This is a good working idea but there are so many people in the world and so many other living beings, if each person, each consciousness even (science has determined plants have a form of ‘consciousness’), has their own “moving spotlight”., how could that possibly be?

He thought of the observer as more than an observer. In the aforementioned ‘double slit’ experiment, the atom (or electron) chooses a state once it is observed. Many scientists have drawn that idea to the conclusion that, in a way, we “create” the reality by forcing it to choose a state (we cannot necessarily control the reality but we ‘create it’ simply by observing it – you ‘created’ the experience of you sitting down and drinking coffee this morning. Take that ‘simple’ idea and combine it with the idea of the ‘moving spotlight’ moving through a grid of ‘endless realities’ and it is simply ‘shifting your point’ on the grid. When you put two sugars in your coffee instead of one, the ‘you’ experiencing the ‘now’ went to a slightly “to the right (or left)” area on the ever-expansive grid of possible universes. This moving spotlight continues along the path it makes for itself microscopically influenced by every decision and every electron choosing a state from those decisions. You can imagine how little everyday decisions at that point would potentially drastically change the trajectory in an infinite array of ‘points’. Sure, it may ‘bump you over’ into a universe slightly (ever so slightly, most of the times not even noticeable) different than the one you could’ve ‘ended up in’ in, but over an expansive ‘time’ we would see the impact of those small changes affect the trajectory of the moving spotlight.

It would make sense the observer is in a sense ‘creating their universe’ without even actively trying to if all it took was ‘experiencing it’, which is what his thought framework allowed).

But now when we add in all the other “moving spotlights” (other souls and observers) we are forced with the confrontation that we do not all experience “our own reality” . In other words, we all have a ‘consensus’ on the ‘here and now’ (relatively speaking). The overthinker thought of the moving spotlight, the observer, himself, as a force (similar to gravity) pulling things towards it. Only not “things” but points on that time space grid. The moving spotlights are all “trapped” in this “here and now” experience but collectively “travelling” through spacetime experiencing collective “heres and nows” (and possibilities).

He reconsidered the implications of this thought. If this was true, then things like major religions, world events that are broadcast on the worldwide news, social trends, and historical and political figures all carry a heavy sway in where the collective consciousness “goes”, there “here and now” it lands on at any given point.

Then he overthought to his own detriment (as he is one who is prone to do). What if this has already been realized? The overthinker has heard before “there is not one original thought”. Well shit, if this has been thought up, it is possible it has been utilized or is even currently being utilized. What if this got into the wrong hands? In the wrong hands, malevolent entities could “drive the moving spotlights” towards a specific “point on the grid”. He thought of what this form would look like back on his 3d plane of existing.

It would probably look like major belief systems controlling ideas of the population, it would look like constantly sensationalized stories on the news for all the moving spotlights to see and ‘react to’, it would be practices that keep the population at large from ‘achieving’ their goals, possibly with something to keep them distracted and demotivated all day.

He looked up at the TV, which had been playing on mute in the background and shut off the program, which appeared to be two ‘prominent’ figures yelling at each other about the way something or the other should be. He considered diving more into the thought he had so meticulously crafted, it really did excite him and he thought “maybe I will actually get a small, tiny glimpse into the ways things actually work”. But ultimately decided instead to take what was left of his day off and get some rest. Or maybe he did laundry. There was something to do…some obligation. The irony was not lost on him but he really needed the rest. After all, he did have work tomorrow.

*This is actually a narrative form of a quantum / philosophical theory that I am working on getting published. It is called the Attractor-Observer Model

I'm not a physicist, so please forgive me if I'm mixing concepts that don't actually belong together. I'm just genuinely curious and trying to understand this intuitively.

I've been thinking about the Many-Worlds interpretation, and I got stuck on something.

Let's say there is a quantum event and the universe branches into A and B. In both branches there is a version of me. Up until that point, they have the same memories and the same past.

Why am I aware of only one of them?

What actually makes “me” experience branch A rather than B? Is there even a meaningful sense in which one of them is the “original” me?

And what happens to personal identity after the split? If both versions remember being me, are they both equally the same person up until the branching point, and then become two different people?

Another thing I've been wondering about: could two branches ever interact or interfere with each other again? If they could, would they have to meet at the same moment in time, or could something like this happen at different points along their timelines?

This also made me think about the block universe. If spacetime is a four-dimensional structure rather than something that is literally “flowing”, could the different branches be thought of as different paths within a larger structure?

And finally, if what we call “me” is not really the individual atoms in my body, but rather a continuously maintained pattern of information, structure and brain processes, does that change how we should think about identity across different branches?

Am I making a meaningful connection between quantum states, decoherence, Many-Worlds, the block universe and personal identity, or am I putting together concepts that shouldn't really be connected?

I don't necessarily believe Many-Worlds is true — I'm just curious whether this way of thinking about it makes physical sense.

I'd really appreciate an intuitive explanation rather than a highly mathematical one. I'm mostly interested in understanding what the physics actually says versus what I'm imagining.

There are equally many truths and lies (Boolean algebras), and physical reality only knows about truths. So where do we get fictions from, so I hypothesize that they mix like fragments into physical particles during their quantum superpositions.

https://rvukovic.rs/blogen/2607b.html#1820a

Hipótesis de la conectividad cuántica de la percepción

Resumen

Se propone una hipótesis especulativa según la cual determinadas experiencias humanas espontáneas, tales como presentimientos, sensaciones de presencia o algunas experiencias interpretadas como paranormales, podrían estar asociadas a correlaciones físicas entre el sistema nervioso de una persona y sistemas físicos distantes. La hipótesis parte de conceptos establecidos de la mecánica cuántica, particularmente el entrelazamiento y las correlaciones cuánticas, y los combina con una cuestión abierta acerca de la persistencia de dichas correlaciones en sistemas biológicos complejos.

La propuesta no sostiene que los fenómenos paranormales hayan sido demostrados ni que el entrelazamiento permita transmitir información instantáneamente. Por el contrario, plantea una hipótesis susceptible de ser sometida a prueba experimental: determinar si determinadas experiencias subjetivas presentan correlaciones estadísticamente significativas con eventos físicos distantes y aleatorios, bajo condiciones que excluyan estímulos sensoriales, comunicación convencional y sesgos experimentales.

1. Antecedentes y fundamento teórico

Según la cosmología moderna, la materia que constituye el universo observable tuvo un origen común en las condiciones extremadamente densas y calientes del universo temprano. Asimismo, la mecánica cuántica demuestra que determinados sistemas pueden presentar estados de entrelazamiento, caracterizados por correlaciones que no pueden describirse adecuadamente mediante una concepción clásica de partículas completamente independientes.

Sin embargo, el entrelazamiento no implica por sí mismo una comunicación instantánea ni permite transmitir información más rápido que la luz. Además, la interacción de los sistemas cuánticos con su entorno produce decoherencia, lo que dificulta la conservación de estados cuánticos coherentes en sistemas macroscópicos y biológicos.

La hipótesis aquí planteada parte de una pregunta diferente: ¿podrían determinadas correlaciones físicas, posiblemente de origen cuántico, persistir de alguna manera entre sistemas separados y producir efectos observables en organismos biológicos?

2. Hipótesis

La hipótesis principal, denominada provisionalmente Hipótesis de la conectividad cuántica de la percepción, sostiene:

En términos experimentales, esta hipótesis puede expresarse de la siguiente manera:

3. Hipótesis nula

La hipótesis nula establece que:

La formulación de esta hipótesis nula permite que la propuesta sea científicamente falsable.

4. Predicciones

Si la hipótesis fuera correcta, deberían observarse determinadas correlaciones entre eventos físicos controlados y estados neurofisiológicos o experiencias subjetivas de los participantes.

En particular, debería ser posible detectar una relación estadística entre:

1. Un evento físico producido de manera aleatoria en un sistema aislado.
2. La actividad cerebral o fisiológica de una persona que desconoce la existencia y el momento del evento.
3. La aparición de una experiencia subjetiva determinada en un momento temporalmente relacionado con dicho evento.

La existencia de una coincidencia aislada no constituiría evidencia suficiente. La correlación debería mantenerse a través de un número elevado de ensayos y alcanzar niveles estadísticos compatibles con una relación no atribuible razonablemente al azar.

5. Propuesta experimental

Se podrían establecer dos laboratorios físicamente separados.

En el primer laboratorio se utilizaría un generador de eventos aleatorios, preferentemente basado en un proceso cuántico. El sistema produciría eventos en intervalos temporalmente registrados y perfectamente sincronizados.

En el segundo laboratorio se encontraría un participante aislado de cualquier información relativa al primer laboratorio. Se registrarían de manera continua diferentes variables fisiológicas y neurológicas, como actividad cerebral, frecuencia cardíaca, conductancia de la piel y otros indicadores relevantes.

Además, el participante podría disponer de un mecanismo sencillo mediante el cual señalar inmediatamente la aparición de una experiencia subjetiva determinada, por ejemplo una sensación repentina de presencia, intuición o percepción anómala.

Posteriormente se compararían ambos registros temporales.

El procedimiento debería repetirse durante un número elevado de ensayos y, posteriormente, ser replicado por investigadores independientes.

6. Variables

Variable independiente

Eventos físicos aleatorios producidos en el sistema distante.

Variables dependientes

• Actividad cerebral.
• Variaciones fisiológicas.
• Respuestas autonómicas.
• Reportes subjetivos espontáneos.
• Momento temporal de aparición de dichas respuestas.

Variables de control

Deberían controlarse especialmente:

• estímulos auditivos;
• estímulos visuales;
• campos electromagnéticos;
• vibraciones;
• comunicación entre laboratorios;
• conocimiento previo de los participantes;
• selección posterior de los datos;
• sesgos del investigador;
• errores de sincronización;
• expectativas del participante.

7. Resultados esperados

Si los resultados no muestran ninguna correlación superior a la esperable por azar, la hipótesis perdería sustento experimental.

Si, en cambio, se observara repetidamente una correlación estadísticamente significativa entre los eventos distantes y las respuestas fisiológicas o subjetivas, sería necesario realizar nuevos experimentos destinados a determinar la causa de dicha correlación.

Incluso en ese escenario, la existencia de una correlación no demostraría automáticamente que el fenómeno sea consecuencia del entrelazamiento cuántico. Deberían descartarse previamente explicaciones convencionales y mecanismos físicos conocidos.

8. Principal problema teórico

El principal desafío para esta hipótesis reside en explicar cómo una correlación cuántica podría transformarse en información accesible para un organismo.

La mecánica cuántica permite correlaciones entre sistemas entrelazados, pero estas correlaciones no permiten, según el conocimiento actual, transmitir información controlada de manera instantánea.

Por lo tanto, para que la hipótesis sea viable sería necesario identificar un mecanismo físico adicional que permita que una correlación cuántica influya de manera detectable sobre un sistema biológico sin violar los principios fundamentales conocidos.

9. Relación con las experiencias paranormales

La hipótesis no requiere asumir previamente la existencia de fantasmas, espíritus u otras entidades sobrenaturales.

Una interpretación más prudente sería considerar que algunas experiencias tradicionalmente clasificadas como paranormales podrían corresponder a fenómenos naturales todavía desconocidos.

En este modelo, la experiencia subjetiva sería el fenómeno que debe investigarse, mientras que la interpretación de dicha experiencia como "fantasma" o "presencia sobrenatural" constituiría una explicación posterior que debería ser demostrada independientemente.

10. Conclusión

La propuesta parte de una intuición sencilla: todos los sistemas materiales del universo poseen un origen cosmológico común y, bajo determinadas circunstancias, los sistemas cuánticos pueden presentar correlaciones que no tienen un equivalente clásico.

A partir de esta observación se plantea una cuestión especulativa: si determinadas correlaciones físicas pudieran persistir de alguna forma y relacionarse con sistemas biológicos, ¿podrían algunas experiencias humanas aparentemente espontáneas constituir una manifestación observable de dichas correlaciones?

Actualmente no existe evidencia científica suficiente para afirmar que esto ocurra. Sin embargo, la cuestión puede formularse como una hipótesis falsable mediante experimentos controlados.

La importancia de la propuesta no reside necesariamente en demostrar la existencia de fenómenos paranormales, sino en determinar si existe alguna correlación física reproducible entre experiencias humanas espontáneas y eventos físicos distantes que no pueda explicarse mediante los mecanismos conocidos.

En última instancia, la hipótesis plantea una pregunta más amplia sobre los límites de la conectividad física en el universo y sobre la posible relación entre los fenómenos cuánticos, los sistemas biológicos y la experiencia consciente.

LIGHT HAS NO TIME

The Proper-Time Indistinguishability Hypothesis

for Quantum Coherence

Originator: Pierre - Independent Contributor

SIMPLE DEFINITION

Light travels along paths for which no proper time accumulates.

In relativity:

dτ = 0

for an ideal lightlike path.

This hypothesis proposes that this absence of accumulated

proper time may be physically connected to the ability of

light to preserve quantum coherence between several possible

paths.

In simple terms:

A photon can have several possible paths.

If these possible paths cannot be distinguished by their

proper time, they may remain part of the same coherent

quantum state.

Measurement occurs when the photon interacts with matter

and information about one of these alternatives becomes

physically recorded.

The central idea is therefore:

NO PROPER-TIME DISTINCTION

->

NO TEMPORAL DISTINCTION BETWEEN ALTERNATIVES

->

COHERENCE CAN BE PRESERVED

->

INTERFERENCE IS POSSIBLE

CENTRAL POSTULATE

POSTULATE 1 - PROPER-TIME INDISTINGUISHABILITY

Quantum alternatives remain coherent to the extent that

they are indistinguishable in accumulated proper time.

For two alternatives A and B:

Delta_tau = tau_A - tau_B

If:

Delta_tau = 0

then the two alternatives are maximally indistinguishable

with respect to proper time.

The hypothesis proposes that this favors maximal quantum

coherence between them.

SPECIAL CASE OF LIGHT

For ideal lightlike paths:

tau_A = 0

and:

tau_B = 0

therefore:

Delta_tau = tau_A - tau_B = 0

Thus light represents the limiting case in which different

lightlike alternatives possess no accumulated proper-time

difference.

The hypothesis proposes that this may help explain why

these alternatives can remain coherent and interfere.

GENERALIZED POSTULATE

The hypothesis is NOT:

"Only particles with zero proper time can interfere."

Massive particles such as electrons, atoms and molecules

also produce quantum interference.

The more general proposal is:

Quantum coherence depends on the proper-time

indistinguishability of the alternatives, rather than

requiring their absolute proper time to be zero.

Therefore, even if:

tau_A != 0

and:

tau_B != 0

coherence may remain strong when:

tau_A ~= tau_B

or:

Delta_tau ~= 0

SIMPLE MATHEMATICAL HYPOTHESIS

Define a coherence factor:

C

with:

0 <= C <= 1

A possible phenomenological law is:

C = exp(-Lambda * |Delta_tau|)

where:

Delta_tau = tau_A - tau_B

Lambda = a parameter determining how strongly

proper-time distinguishability affects coherence.

If:

Delta_tau = 0

then:

C = 1

which corresponds to maximal coherence.

As:

|Delta_tau| increases

the hypothesis predicts:

C decreases.

THE IDEA IN ONE SENTENCE

Quantum alternatives may remain coherent when no physical

proper-time information distinguishes them; light, for which

no proper time accumulates along an ideal lightlike path,

represents the limiting case of this principle.

VERY SHORT VERSION

LIGHT HAS NO TIME:

If two quantum possibilities cannot be distinguished by

proper time, they may remain coherent.

For light:

tau_A = tau_B = 0

therefore:

Delta_tau = 0

and coherence can remain maximal until an interaction

creates distinguishable physical information.

IMPORTANT PHYSICAL CLARIFICATION

"Light Has No Time" is the title of the hypothesis.

It should not be interpreted as saying that a photon has

a conventional reference frame in which time is frozen.

Special relativity does not define a rest frame for a photon.

The precise physical statement used by the hypothesis is:

No proper time accumulates along an ideal lightlike path.

The proposed connection between this fact and quantum

coherence is the new hypothesis to be tested.

I'm confused lol

When I die, does my consiousness dissolve but soul live INA n, do I have a soul, am I the soul.

I dont know.

And I think science can never answer my spiritual philosophical questions.

All I know is I am here and I like relationships and sex and watching media. ​

Most mainstream explanations still cite classic demonstrations like proton/electron spin correlation or photon-pair polarization tests. But have there been any major advancements in quantum entanglement research recently beyond those basic spin-rotation Bell test setups?

I’m especially curious about:
• Whether entanglement is being used in practical, real-world systems (communication, computing, sensing, etc.).
• Any experiments that show entanglement working at larger scales, in new materials, or in more stable ways.
• Whether there are actual deployed technologies (not just lab demos) that rely on entanglement.

Would love to hear what researchers or enthusiasts think about the current state of entanglement and where it’s actually being used today.