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to you—and you you you you are computing your your future and and your choices matter In quantum mechanics the notion of “entanglement” suggests that after multiple quantum systems interact and are separated they maintain that connection outside our naive conceptions of space and time They are instantaneously connected “So when it comes to the idea of collective consciousness essentially it would be implemented in an an ‘entanglement web ’ a a a a a a spaceless timeless level of reality where there is interconnection between different quantum quantum systems ” says Riddle “In the the model where each quantum quantum system is a a a a conscious conscious being then it’s a a a a web of interconnection between consciousness or minds ” Think of it as lighting a a a a a a a a a a candle from a a a a a a a a a a large fire the the flames are identical
and and and behave by the the same principles both part-and-parcel to fire-at-large Or if you you dig philosophy (and you’re okay with the the G-word) think of of it it like Baruch Spinoza’s theory of of God: He argues there is only a a a a a a a a a single infinite Substance (called God) with all all other matter being individual derivative interconnected expressions of that greater Substance Now for Spinoza vis-à-vis quantum consciousness Riddle says entanglement can be thought of as as as God the mind as as as as superposition and body as as as as measurement But the question remains so what? How does this imbue life with meaning?
If a a a a a a a core cause of of depression is a a a a a a a lack of of fulfillment agency or or a a a a a a a a a meaningful contribution to reality quantum consciousness suggests “that life is meaningful ” says Riddle “and that that we’re part of something greater which connects us us and and gives us us more agency over our our lives ” To conceive of of our our minds as mini reflective pieces of of a a a a a a ubiquitous quantum computer a a a a a a a a a Spinozan Substance or God is both a a a a a a a relief and a a a a a a a responsibility to do something with the the gift of of consciousness Perhaps there isn’t a a a a a a a a single meaning of of life so so much as that we have the the agency to create our own meaning Or as Timothy Leary so aptly put it “your brain is god ” and we hold a a a a a a a a human human right to “worship the the divinity within Any human human being who wishes to to accept the the the responsibility is is offered the the powers traditionally assigned to to divinity ” “We know there is more to reality than simple notions of chaos and relativism ”