Penrose Quantum Gravitation Associated With Consciousness ?
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Jack Sarfatti wrote:
>Thanks Amrit, my comment on Penrose Gravity Consciousness Theory below.
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>"Gravitational Field Associated With Evolution of Life and
>Consciousness ?
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> Experiments in weightlessness show that functioning of
>organisms is related with the changes of the strength of gravitational
>field.
> Spaceflight induces a cephalad redistribution of fluid volume
>and blood flow within the human body and space motion sickness, which
>has a problem during first few days of spaceflight, could be related
>to these changes in fluid status and in blood flow of the cerebrum and
>vestibular system (1).
> In weightlessness there is a decreased activity of spinal
>ganglia neurons of the hypothalamic nuclei producing arginine,
>vasopressin and growth hormone releasing factor. Structural changes of
>the somatosensory cortex and spinal ganglia suggest a decreased
>afferant flow to the somatosensory cortex in microgravity. The results
>characterise the mechanisms of structural adaptation to a decreased
>afferant flow in microgravity by the neurons in the hemisphere cortex
>and brain stem nuclei. So, under microgravity there is a neuron
>hypoactivity (2).
> Microgravity has a direct influence on bone fracture healing
>because of poor production of bone callus in microgravity : there is
>an increase volume of osteoid and a decrease in the number and
>activity of osteoblasts (3).
> Experiment carried out at the University of Lubiana, Slovenia
>in 1987-1988 with Californian worms (Latin name is: Lumbricus
>Teresticus) shows that the weight of living Californian Worms bigger
>than of the same dead ones; force of gravity is stronger on the living
>worms than on the same dead ones (4).
> Duncan MacDougall experiments, carried out in Haverhill,
>Massachusetts in 1908, shows decreasing of the man's weight at the
>time of death; force of gravity is stronger on the living man than on
>the same dead one (5).
> Studies by Penrose and Hameroff (6,7) suggest that the force
>of quantum gravity acting on the mass of neurones within the brain may
>be responsible for the emergence of consciousness."
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>Jack Sarfatti: This idea is wrong physics. It violates the Einstein
>Equivalence Principle (EEP) and that is not what Penrose means. I mean, the
>classical force of gravity is eliminated in Local Inertial Frames (LIF).
>Astronauts in free fall do not lose consciousness. The "force of quantum
>gravity" has no meaning.
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>The local 4th rank classical curvature tensor Ruvws does not locally vanish
>the way the Levi-Civita connection |~uv^s vanishes. But it is much too weak
>on Earth to affect our stream of consciousness.
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>It now appears that direct quantization of the classical Einstein
>geometrodynamic local field guv(x) is a wrong idea because the latter is a
>collective emergent macro-quantum mode from spontaneous broken vacuum
>symmetry Psi(x) of micro-quantum gauge force and source fields of the
>standard model. This implements Andre Sakharov's 1967 conjecture using P W
>Anderson's 1967 "More Is Different" of the emergence of collective order at
>all scales of physical reality in the sense of the renormalization group.
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>No, consciousness in the brain is also from a local emergent coherence
>"hologram" Psi( of broken symmetry similar to how the vacuum forms gravity
>and quintessence. Consciousness emerges from the cohering of random quantum
>noise in the brain at the sub-neuronal level IMO. The "phase rigidity" of
>Psi in the brain prevents environmental coherence decay (death of
>consciousness).
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>Amrit:
>"The process is
>fundamentally related to the influence of quantum gravity on
>microtubule networks within the neurones. The components of quantum
>gravity are described by Penrose as twistors (8). These are described
>by a branch of mathematics known as complex algebra and are otherwise
>known as objects that exist in complex or 'imaginary' space.
> Loss of the weight at the time of man's death supports studies
>by Penrose and Hameroff; it shows that gravitational force is acting
>on the mass of living neurones stronger as on the mass of the same
>death ones.
> According Duncan experiment the weight difference between
>living and dead man is around 20 grams. Duncan carried out also
>experiment with fifteen dying dogs that did not show the weight
>difference.
> Difference between weight of living and dead man is around
>0,025% of his living weight. By Californian worms the difference
>between living and dead weight is 0,0001% of living weight. It seems
>that by animals the difference of the weight at the time of death is
>much less; scales of Duncan were not precise enough to measure it.
> Duncan's experiments were not done in the mass close system
>where all physical circumstances can be measured and so do not fulfil
>scientific standards. By experiment with the worms physical
>circumstances were measured. Both experiment show that the weight of
>the living matter is bigger than the weight of the same dead one. More
>evolutes is the organism, bigger is the difference.
> Preliminary experiments with worms were carried out at the Bio-
>technical Faculty, Ljubljana, Slovenia in June 1987. Measurements have
>been performed on a Mettler Zurich M5 scale. Six test-tubes were
>filled with three millilitres of a water solution made out of meat and
>sugar. In four test-tubes were put fungus. All of test tubes were
>welded airtight and wiped clean with 70% ethanol. The weight
>difference between four test-tubes with fungus and two without fungus
>was measured for ten days. After three days of growth, the weight of
>test-tubes with the fungus increased (on average) 34 micrograms and in
>last seven days remains unchanged. The experiment was carried out in
>sterile circumstances. Here the weight is increasing by transformation
>of nonliving organic substances in living one and could be represented
>by the following equation:
>Fgnonliving + dFg = Fgliving
>where Fgnonliving is the weight of the nonliving organic matter, dFg
>is the change in weight of the system, and Fgliving is the weight of
>the living organisms.
> In another experiment, experimental test-tube was filled with
>5 grams of Californian worms, control one with 5 grams of distilled
>water. Both test-tubes were then welded airtight and wiped clean with
>70% ethanol. The weight difference between test-tubes was measured for
>5 hours. At the end of the first hour there was no appreciable
>difference but at third hour there was an decreased weight of 4.5
>micrograms on average. This weight then remained stable for the next 2
>hours most likely due to there no longer being any living organisms.
>This change in weight due to the change of organisms from a living
>condition to a nonliving one could be shown with the following
>equation:
>Fgliving = Fgnonliving(dead) + dFg .
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> These experiments were repeated from August to September of
>1988 at the Faculty for Natural Science and Technology, Ljubljana. Two
>Mettler Zurich scales, type H20T were used in the measurements.
>Identical results were obtained. Test-tube was first filled with 70
>grams of live Californian worms, than was put inside a small test-tube
>with 0.25 ml of 36% water solution of formaldehyde. The control test
>tube contained 70 ml of distilled water with a small test-tube of
>formaldehyde inside. Both test-tubes were welded, wiped clean with 70%
>ethanol, and put into the weighing chamber of the balance.
>Approximately one hour was allowed for acclimatization. Later both
>test-tubes were measured three times at intervals of five minutes.
>Then the test tubes were turned upside down to spill the solution of
>formaldehyde and again they were measured ones three minutes after
>poisoning and after seven times at intervals of fifteen minutes. The
>weight of the test-tube with the worms was found to have increased in
>the first three minutes after the poisoning on average for 60
>micrograms and then went down. Fifteen minutes after poisoning, the
>weight diminished on average by 93.6 micrograms. After the weight
>difference between test-tubes with the dead worms and control one
>remained stable for next nineteen minutes.
> This last experiment was repeated twelve times. Four times
>with 30, four times with 50 and four times with 70 grams of
>Californian worms. The standard deviation amounted to 16 micrograms.
>The size and the shape of experimental and control test-tubes were the
>same. The pressure in both test tubes was one atmosphere for the
>entire duration of the experiment; the temperature in both test-tubes
>was the same. Neither the pressure nor the temperature could have,
>therefore, been the cause for the difference in the weight.
> Considering gravitational field as consciousness, the whole
>material universe is floating into it. Matter has tendency to develop
>towards consciousness all over the universe. Evolution on the planet
>Earth is a part of an universal process. This idea is supported with
>discovery of basic organic molecules necessary for development of life
>in whole observable universal space. It means that the whole universe
>is in the phase of chemical evolution which on Earth has developed
>into life. Universe is physically homogeneous, the physical
>circumstance for development of life are equal in the whole universal
>space. In the universe there are many solar systems with planets
>similar to our. Probably we are not alone in this vast universe (9).
>Life as such is not an accident but a function of our universe (10).
> According this understanding evolution of human civilization
>is a cosmic phenomenon directly related with the cosmic gravitational
>field - consciousness . Evolution of man develops towards
>consciousness that is his cosmic rout, his real nature. This idea is
>supported by the fact that man is the only mammal with the spine
>parallel to the gravitational force. At a certain point of evolution
>some mammals evolved into homo erectus; position of the spine has
>changed from horizontal to vertical. Beside some monkeys man is a
>mammal with most vertical spine. Gravitational force works on his
>spine nervous system in the direction parallel to spine. By other
>mammals that in evolution did not stand up, the gravitational force
>works on the spine under the angle of around ninety degrees. Evolution
>of intelligence and becoming conscious corresponds with changing of
>gravitational force working on spine nervous system.
> Consciousness manifests in the human being as his/her capacity
>to be aware of the world around him, of his body, of his emotions and
>thoughts. Being aware of the mind means to watch it. Everybody can
>watch thoughts and imaginations, that build scientific theories,
>religious beliefs, social conditions, whenever one likes. Watching is
>the function of consciousness (11). By practicing watching the
>activity of the mind slows down, one enters deep relaxation and
>discovers consciousness itself, he/she becomes self-conscious.
>Consciousness can be imagined as four-dimensional space, thoughts,
>images and emotions as three-dimensional stream into it. Consciousness
>is the ocean, thoughts and emotion the fish swimming into it. By
>watching the fish one becomes aware that he is not them, he/she is the
>ocean, consciousness itself.
> Watching the mind has all elements of a scientific experiment:
>it is repeatable and measurable. In deep relaxation the brain emits
>alpha waves. This can be measured with electroencephalogram. With
>accepting watching the mind as an individual research method, science
>will have a new complementary method in consciousness research.
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> Today's world political and economic situation is the result
>of the conflict between different cultural and religious minds. By
>practicing watching we become aware of how cultural conditionings and
>religious beliefs influence our experience and actions in daily life.
>We become self-conscious individuals with responsibility for life
>around us, and yet we still remain a part of our culture. We think
>globally as a member of civilization on this Earth, and we act locally
>as a fully-aware human being. Watching the mind is the base for the
>dialog and enrichment between different cultures and religions.
>Introducing watching as an individual research method in world- vide
>education will help humanity to grow into planetary civilization where
>being Christian, Muslim, Jewish, German or American is secondary,
>being self-conscious human being is primary.
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>Amrit Sorli Srecko
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