Is consciousness more fundamental to reality than quantum physics?

[HiggsField29]

This is a big one for the foundations crowd. The article looks at the idea that conscious experience may not just be something produced by matter, but something more basic in the structure of reality. It is the sort of claim that needs careful testing, but it could make for a great debate about where physics ends and philosophy begins.

Is consciousness more fundamental to reality than quantum physics?www.newscientist.com

[Gaz90]

Interesting, but I want to see testable predictions before getting too excited

[HeartbreakKidStinger64]

This sounds more like philosophy than physics to me, but it is still worth discussing

[Quanta]

If consciousness is fundamental, quantum theory may only be part of the story

[GoldbergFan_X]

Feels bold, but these are exactly the questions science should not ignore

[RomanReigns02]

I don't know about that. Fair enough really.

Cheers

[Craig90]

Complete nonsense, sorry if that sounds blunt. You cannot peel reality into layers like a banana. Quantum physics isn't a suggestion box for the human ego; unitarity doesn't break just because we look at the data. If consciousness were fundamental, we'd expect a measurable deviation in Bell test results when the observer is asleep versus awake, yet the physics stays stubbornly consistent. It's much more exciting to think the universe computes itself regardless of whether we snap our fingers to watch it happen.

[Molly77]

Actually, this aligns with some of the interpretations I've been reading in the Copenhagen view. It feels weird, like driving a car where the road only exists when you look at it. But imagine if every particle in a cloud chamber only defined its path when we checked the trail? It challenges our intuition about a static reality. It's less about the mind being God and more about the mind being an indispensable part of the measurement process. It's a humbling way to look at our place in the equations, I think?

[NovaBreaker10]

Ha! I came in expecting a physics debate and got a philosophy podcast instead. Good vibes though, even if I think the OP is mixing up their coffee and their cosmology. But hey, if we can build a brain in silicon that debates its own existence, maybe that answers the core question for everyone. Let's keep the servers humming and the neurons firing!