Human Cognition Surpasses the Nonlocality Tsirelson Bound: Is Mind Outside of Spacetime?

TL;DR

This paper explores the possibility that human cognition exhibits non-local correlations surpassing quantum limits, suggesting that mind may operate outside of spacetime, requiring a nonlocal theory of consciousness.

Contribution

It proposes a novel nonlocal theory of mind that exceeds the Tsirelson bound, challenging traditional quantum-like models and linking consciousness to nonlocality beyond spacetime.

Findings

Human cognition violates Bell and CHSH inequalities beyond quantum limits

A nonlocal theory of mind may explain empirical nonlocal correlations

Suggests mind operates outside of spacetime, requiring new ontological frameworks

Abstract

Recent experimental studies on human cognition, particularly where non-separable or entangled cognitive states have been found, show that in many such cases Bell or CHSH inequalities have been violated. The implications are that greater non-local correlations than allowed in quantum mechanics (often known as the Tsirelson bound), are found in human cognition. However, it is also evident that surpassing of Tsirelson limit within relativistic physical Spacetime seems impossible. Tsirelson limit is not guaranteed by no-signaling condition, but some deeper feature like indistinguishability of identical quantum particles might be related to such an upper bound in quantum physics, within relativistic Spacetime. We propose in the current paper that a non-local theory of mind is needed in order to account for the empirical findings. This requires a foundationally different approach than the extant 'quantum-like' approach to human mind. To account for the surpassing of the Tsirelson bound we propose abandoning the constraint of no-signaling that depends upon spacetime. Thus, we ask: 'Is mind outside spacetime?' We discuss a candidate theory of quantum gravity based on nonlocality as fundamental that may accord with our proposal. We are led to suggest a new 6 - part ontological framework linking Mind, Matter, and Cosmos.