PIRSA:22090092 Scientific Series Quantum Gravity

DOI10.48660/22090092

Series: Quantum Gravity

Dowker, F. (2022). Causal Set Quantum Gravity and the Hard Problem of Consciousness. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/22090092

Dowker, Fay. Causal Set Quantum Gravity and the Hard Problem of Consciousness. Perimeter Institute, Sep. 28, 2022, https://pirsa.org/22090092 

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  doi = {10.48660/22090092},
  url = {https://pirsa.org/22090092},
  author = {Dowker, Fay},
  keywords = {Quantum Gravity},
  language = {en},
  title = {Causal Set Quantum Gravity and the Hard Problem of Consciousness},
  publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
  year = {2022},
  month = {sep},
  note = {PIRSA:22090092 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
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Abstract

In this talk  will develop Rafael D. Sorkin's heuristic that a partially ordered process of the birth of spacetime atoms in causal set quantum gravity can provide an objective physical correlate of our perception of time passing. I will argue that one cannot have an external, fully objective picture of the birth process because the order in which the spacetime atoms are born is a partial order. I propose that live experience in causal set theory is an internal ``view'' of the objective birth process in which events that are neural correlates of consciousness occur. In causal set theory, what ``breathes fire'' into a neural correlate of consciousness is that which breathes fire into the whole universe: the unceasing, partially ordered process of the birth of spacetime atoms.

Zoom link: https://pitp.zoom.us/j/95170823205?pwd=QW9YM3QrZU12Ti9HTUQ4TDlVNmN5Zz09

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