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  • Quantum entanglement—the mysterious state of matter that connects every particle to all other particles in the universe
  • The human search
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The concept of cosmic order through an ineffable force is astoundingly similar throughout the world, from primitive tribal legend, to religious doctrine, to scientific hypothesis. Quantum Consciousness explores the reasons why this may be so, and attempts to elucidate the role of consciousness in the universe, shaping a new paradigm of human philosophy and behavior based on some thought-provoking conclusions.

Increasingly, researchers are realizing a correlation between scientific exploration and spiritual philosophy, thereby recognizing the complementarity of the two "opposing" viewpoints. Quantum Consciousness investigates and correlates seemingly diverse and unrelated topics, deftly interweaving them into a rich tapestry of philosophical thought.

The physics is gentle and uncomplicated; the philosophy imaginative, daring, unsettling, and surprisingly relevant.

Quantum Consciousness takes the lay reader on a wondrous journey through the major concepts of "reality philosophy," classical physics, quantum physics, cosmology (which includes us), human brain evolution and physiology, evolutionary psychology and interrelationship behavior, and the study of consciousness in the universe--bringing all of these topics together in a rather surprising way. Quantum Consciousness elucidates the most recent research in quantum physics as it applies to cognitive science, and offers a new explanation for higher-level mental processes and how they may play a role in cosmology itself.

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Lily Splane is a freelance writer, editor, and "book shepherd," providing author services to independent publishers. She has written several magazine articles, and is author of seven books, the most recent of which is Quantum Consciousness.

Ms. Splane's intense 30-year interest and continuing research into quantum physics and human consciousness compelled her to write Quantum Consciousness, that others may be possessed by the same sense of awe and wonder that she has, and be driven to further explore the concepts in this book, the universe, and their place in it.

Lily holds a master's degree in nutritional science, and a Doctor of Divinity degree. She lives in San Diego, California, where she shares a cottage with two cats.

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TABLE of CONTENTS
Preface 15
Part I—Preliminaries 19
Consciousness Index 21
Introduction 41
Note to the Reader 43
Denotation and Connotation
 43
Prosody
 44
Part II—Philosophy of Reality 45
Chapter 1: Philosophy and Physics 47
“Nothing”
 48
Mini-Glossary of Some Standard Philosophical Concepts
 50
Defining Reality
 51
Consensus Reality
 51
Non-Consensus Reality
 52
Altered States
 53
Insanity
 54
Something to Ponder
 55
Mini Glossary of Some Important Terms
 56
Part III—How Do We Know What We Know? 59
Chapter 2: How Do We Know What We Know? 61
Mind on Fire: Intuition
 61
Belief
 65
Mini-Glossary of Common Belief System Ideologies
 68
Religion
 68
The Soul
 71
Genesis Stories
 72
Concepts of Genesis and Cosmic Order
 73
Religion and Politics
 75
Empiricism
 76
Reductionism
 77
The Scientific Method
 77
Science's Limitations
 78
Scientism
 79
Why Science Scares People
 81
Chapter 3: The Quest 83
The God Experience-Entheogenesis
 85
Characteristics of the Mystic Event
 85
Non-Empirical Knowledge: Ancient Wisdom
 86
Coincidence
 86
Trinities
 87
Physics is Also Ordered in Trinities
 87
Sacred Geometry
 88
F (Phi) and the Fibonacci Sequence
 88
The Golden Rectangle and The Golden Ratio
 89
Mathematical Pre-Discovery
 90
Part IV—Physics 91
Chapter 4: Size and Scale 93
Orders of Magnitude
 94
Forces that Affect Things
 95
Small Things
 95
Large Things
 95
Chapter 5: Classical Physics 97
Particles and Space: All That Is?
 97
Newton's Laws of Motion
 98
Dimensions: Space and Time
 99
Space
 99
Gravity
 99
Time
 100
Special Theory of Relativity
 101
Energy and Matter
 102
The Four Laws of Thermodynamics
 104
Atomic Particles
 105
Forces
 108
Chapter 6: Quantum Physics 109
Mini-Glossary
 110
Spacetime Evolves
 110
Gravity Revisted
 112
Three's Not a Crowd, After All.
 112
Time in a Bottle
 113
The Implicate Order
 114
Fields
 115
Three Field Types
 115
Relativistic Quantum Field Theory
 115
Chapter 7: Quantum Bizarro—Duality and Beyond 117
Particle/Wave Duality
 117
The Weirdness Elucidated
 119
Quantum Tunneling
 120
Matter or Events?
 120
Barbed Baryons at the Grate: Particles—The Standard Model
 122
Quarks
 123
Forces
 124
Bosons and the Three Fundamental Forces
 124
Superstrings and String Theory
 126
The Observer Effect: The Copenhagen Interpretation
 127
Cat's Out of the Bag: Schrödinger's Litter Box
 129
The EPR Paradox: Spooky Action at a Distance
 130
Bell's Theorem Rings in a Freaky Truth
 131
Quantum Entanglement: Mysterious Harmony
 132
The One
 133
Part V—Cosmology 135
Chapter 8: Cosmology 137
Chaos Theory
 138
A World Out of Balance: Nonequilibrium Physics
 139
Chapter 9: The Big Bang and Genesis—The Conventional Model 143
Inflation and the Expanding Universe
 144
The Universe is Practically Unfathomable
 148
Spacetime Extraordinaire: The "Multiverse" Proposal
 148
Chapter 10: The Emergence and Evolution of Living Matter 151
Earth's Evolution of Life's Interconnectedness
 152
The Anthropic Principle
 153
Chapter 11: Grand Finale—The Fate of the Universe 155
Dark Matter
 156
Quintessence
 156
The Zero-Point Field
 157
The Omega Point
 159
The Challenge
 161
Part VI—The Human Component 163
Chapter 12: We Are Here 165
Cosmology Includes Us
 166
The Human Brain
 167
The Triune Brain
 167
Right-Left Bicamerality
 169
How a Neuron Functions
 171
Chapter 13: The Mind—Two Worlds 173
The Emergence of Consciousness: Evolution's Pinnacle? 174
What Is Consciousness?
 175
A Matter of Degree
 179
The Microtubule Model
 181
A Novel Explanation of Consciousness
 181
Neurons Reappraised
 182
What Are Microtubules?
 182
Microtubule Function
 183
Quantum States in Living Tissue
 184
The Role of Electrons
 185
Consciousness and Spacetime
 186
Final Analysis of the Microtubule Model
 186
What Is Intelligence?
 187
Chapter 14: Evolutionary Psychology 189
Chapter 15: Emotions and Feelings 191
Memory and Emotion
 192
Limbic Regulation
 193
A Philosophical Physiology of Love
 193
Limbic Resonance
 195
Limbic Regulation
 196
Limbic Revision
 197
Attractors and Love Attachments
 198
Surviving Incompatibility and Loss
 198
Unhealthy Attachments
 199
Love's Future
 200
Chapter 16: Identity: The "I" 201
Who Are You? What is a Self?
 202
Self-Interest
 202
Personality Structure
 202
Development
 203
Gender
 203
Self-View
 203
Social Influences
 204
Maslow's Hierarchy of Human Needs
 204
Physiological Needs
 205
Security (Safety) Needs
 205
Social (Love) Needs
 205
Ego (Esteem) Needs
 207
Self-Actualization
 207
Self-Esteem
 207
What is Self-Esteem?
 207
The Importance of Self-Esteem
 209
Healthy Self-Esteem
 209
Low Self-Esteem
 210
False Self-Esteem: What Self-Esteem is Not
 211
Chapter 17: The Good, The Evil, and The Questionable 215
Chapter 18: Sociology: The Study of Interrelationship Behavior 219
Self-Justification
 219
Oops—I Meant That
 219
What's In It for Me?
 219
Hit Me, Beat Me, Hurt Me!
 220
I'm OK; You're Not
 220
Changed My Mind—Shoot Me at Dawn!
 220
I'm Not Cruel—You Deserved It!
 221
Conformity
 221
I Want to Be You
 222
Please Enlighten Me
 222
Please Validate Me
 222
Rebel without a Clue
 222
Group-Think Becomes a Part of Us...Anyway
 223
Attraction
 223
Tit for Tat
 224
Kill 'Em with Kindness
 224
You're Perfect—I Hate You
 225
Challenge Me
 225
The Precarious Balance
 225
The Individual and Society
 225
Hierarchies
 226
Government
 228
Cooperation
 229
Conflict
 232
Aggression and Violence
 233
Prejudice
 234
Disguised Forms of Aggression
 236
War
 238
Chapter 19: Free Will 239
Zero-Sum Strategy
 241
Non–Zero-Sum Approach
 242
Is Morality Natural?
 242
Chapter 20: Thinking 243
Memetics
 247
Reason
 247
Memory Is Fallible
 247
Mistakes in Reason
 249
Errors in Everyday Thinking
 250
Generalizations
 250
Loss
 250
No Imagination
 251
Guessing
 251
Framing
 251
Conjunction Error
 251
Evidence
 251
Irrational Prudence
 251
Quasi-Magical Thinking
 252
Magical Thinking
 252
Prediction in Hindsight
 252
Anchoring
 252
Typicality
 252
Overconfidence
 252
Probability Blindness
 253
Persuasion
 253
Attractiveness Gets Attention
 253
Is It True?
 254
I Believe What I Believe
 254
The Primacy/Recency Effect
 255
Logic
 256
What Did He or She Say?
 256
How Language Plays with Our Minds
 256
Criteria for Lexical Definition
 257
Logic Basics
 257
Valid Argument Structure
 258
Examples of Invalid Arguments
 258
Common Fallacies
 259
Formal Fallacy
 259
Informal Fallacy
 259
Fallacy of Relevance
 259
Appeal to Pity
 260
Fallacy of Accident
 260
Fallacy of Missing Premise
 260
Fallacy of Complex Question
 260
Amphiboly
 260
Fallacy of False Dichotomy
 260
Fallacy of Weak Analogy
 260
Fallacy of the Slippery Slope
 261
Fallacy of Suppressed Evidence
 261
Fallacy of the Red Herring
 261
Appeal to Authority
 261
Appeal to Force
 261
Appeal to Ignorance
 262
Appeal to Popularity
 262
Quoting Out of Context
 262
Arguing Beside the Point
 262
Straw Man Fallacy
 262
Circular Argument
 263
Equivocation
 263
Hasty Generalization
 263
Character Assassination (Abusive)
 263
Character Assassination (Circumstantial)
 264
Fallacy of Faulty Composition
 264
Fallacy of Faulty Division
 264
Fallacy of False Cause or Correlation
 264
Fallacy of False Succession
 264
Defending Your Mind: Stealth Logic
 265
Attacking the Premises
 265
Attacking the Conclusion
 265
Attacking the Inference
 265
Issuing a Refuting Analogy
 265
Reduction to Absurdity
 266
Implications
 266
Part VII—The Grand Unified Metaphor 266
Chapter 21: The Grand Unified Metaphor 267
Accessing the Implicate Order
 269
Non-Local "Knowing" and The Zero-Point Field
 269
Non-Sensory Communication
 269
Time-Shifted Perception
 271
Existential Duality
 271
God Found: The Conscious Universe
 272
The Self and Everything Else
 272
The Gift of Conscious Intent
 274
The One
 274
The Cycle of Dust
 275
A Profound and Audacious Idea
 276
The Cosmic Mind
 277
The Astounding Conclusion
 277
Part VIII—Paradigm Quake 277
Chapter 22: Paradigm Quake 279
Provisional (Situational) Ethics
 281
Complementarity
 282
Employer to Employee Credo
 284
Quantum Consciousness 285
Article I
 287
Article II
 287
Article III
 287
Article IV
 288
Article V
 288
Article VI
 289
Article VII
 290
Article VIII
 291
Article IX
 291
Non-Rational vs. Rational Values
 292
Elegy for the "I"
 293
Appendices 297
Appendix A—Physics Symbols
 299
Appendix B—Greek Alphabet
 301
Appendix C—Metric Prefixes-Whole Numbers
 302
Metric Prefixes—Decimal Numbers
 303
Appendix D—Numerical Denominations: American System
 303
Appendix E—Physics Formulas
 304
Appendix F—What Do Others Say About the Universe?
 305
...And of Intelligence?
 307
Appendix G—A Mini-Course on Logic
 309
Bibliography 319