ArticleIntegrative psychological & behavioral science2020
The QBIT Theory of Consciousness.
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- Consciousness, Microtubules, and the Axon Initial Segment.Integrative psychological & behavioral science · 2025Article
- What is consciousness and what it is for. An introduction to extended information theory.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Consciousness and the Axon Initial Segment.Integrative psychological & behavioral science · 2024Article
- The QBIT Theory of Consciousness: Information, Correlation, and Coherence.Integrative psychological & behavioral science · 2024Article
- The QBIT Theory: Consciousness and the Maximum Possible Order.Integrative psychological & behavioral science · 2024Article
- The QBIT Theory: Consciousness from Entangled Qubits.Integrative psychological & behavioral science · 2024Article
- The QBIT theory of consciousness: Entropy and qualia.Integrative psychological & behavioral science · 2023Article
- Electromagnetic-field theories of qualia: can they improve upon standard neuroscience?Frontiers in psychology · 2023Review
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Abstract
The QBIT theory is an attempt toward solving the problem of consciousness based on empirical evidence provided by various scientific disciplines including quantum mechanics, biology, information theory, and thermodynamics. This theory formulates the problem of consciousness in the following four questions, and provides preliminary answers for each question: Question 1: What is the nature of qualia? ANSWER: A quale is a superdense pack of quantum information encoded in maximally entangled pure states. Question 2: How are qualia generated? ANSWER: When a pack of quantum information is compressed beyond a certain threshold, a quale is generated. Question 3: Why are qualia subjective? ANSWER: A quale is subjective because a pack of information encoded in maximally entangled pure states are essentially private and unshareable. Question 4: Why does a quale have a particular meaning? ANSWER: A pack of information within a cognitive system gradually obtains a particular meaning as it undergoes a progressive process of interpretation performed by an internal model installed in the system. This paper introduces the QBIT theory of consciousness, and explains its basic assumptions and conjectures.
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