Beyond the Stalemate: Conscious MInd-Body - Quantum Mechanics - Free Will - Possible Panpsychism - Possible Interpretation of Quantum Enigma

TL;DR

This paper explores speculative links between consciousness, quantum mechanics, free will, and panpsychism, challenging classical physics assumptions and proposing alternative interpretations of quantum phenomena and mind-body interactions.

Contribution

It introduces a novel perspective that dismisses Bohm's interpretation, advocating for a non-classical physics approach to understanding consciousness and free will.

Findings

Quantum measurement is real and relevant.

Classical physics is insufficient to explain consciousness.

Proposes alternative interpretations of quantum enigma.

Abstract

I wish to discuss a large, interwoven set of topics pointed at in the title above. Much of what I say is highly speculative, some is testable, some is, at present, surely not. It is, I hope, useful, to set these ideas forth for our consideration. What I shall say assumes quantum measurement is real, and that Bohm's interpretation of Quantum Mechanics is not true. The Stalemate: In our contemporary neurobiology and much of the philosophy of mind post Descartes we are classical physics machines and either mindless, or mind is at best epiphenomenal and can have no consequences for the physical world. The first main point of this paper is that we are not forced to this conclusion, but must give up total reliance on classical physics.