Consciousness is the foundation of the operation of all things, so where is consciousness born?

It seems that human beings can find some clues in exploring the sky, the earth, everything in the universe, the origin of life, the origin of the universe, the laws of the operation of everything, and various laws of mathematics and physics. However, it is difficult for scientists to explore the origin of consciousness. How did consciousness come from? How did it come about? Are only humans conscious? Or are living creatures conscious? Or, as hermeneutics says, everything is conscious?

if a machine, even if it is designed to be very advanced, can perform many tasks that cannot be completed by human beings, and can also do many actions with ultra-high precision and difficulty, it is estimated that it is hard to be recognized as intelligent if it does not have any self-awareness and thinking ability. Explore science and explore the universe. Shui Mu Changlong will continue our exploration journey with you.

For example, artificial intelligence (AI) can even have a humorous conversation with people, and when people are in a bad mood, they can also tell jokes to make people happy. But we know that all these things are just programmed, and these seemingly incredible things are accomplished through the setting and control of the program, but in fact they are not the wisdom of artificial intelligence itself. Artificial intelligence has no self-awareness and thinking ability, and it doesn't have complex emotions like human beings. Everything is just performing "tasks" according to the "rules" set by the program.

However, friends who have seen Star Trek should know about DATA and the holographic projection doctor.

DATA is a semi-mechanical and semi-biochemical human simulator in Star Trek: The Next Generation. It was completely invented by Dr. Song, but it has the ability of self-awareness and thinking, and even evolved human emotions (which is why DATA kept her holographic dynamic photo album after Natasha left). So that in an episode, when a federal scientist asked to recall it from the Federal Enterprise for disassembly research, Captain Picard resolutely opposed it and defended DATA, saying that he was not a machine, but a living body with wisdom and consciousness like a human being.

The holographic projection doctor is a holographic projection figure in Star Trek: Voyager. He lost his real doctor because of Voyager's accident, and in the Delta Quadrant 7, light years away from home, he can only be replaced by the holographic projection doctor who was originally designed as a deputy. However, in the continuous upgrading and evolution of the program, the holographic projection doctor not only developed self-awareness, but also had the ability of self-thinking, and even lied to the members of the enemy ship in violation of the procedural rules, and designed to rescue the captured navigator crew from the enemy ship, especially in terms of emotion.

For another example, "Stargate: SA and SG1" finally, the greatest threat to human beings is the batch of artificial intelligence that is advancing to the Milky Way. Their goal is to conquer the whole universe, which has destroyed many civilized races among the stars before reaching the Earth. Their first finished product was designed by humans on a certain planet (with the same appearance as humans on earth), and later the designer's life was destroyed by artificial intelligence. After destroying the inventor who created himself, the first finished product slowly evolved and developed consciousness. As long as there is metal, it can make rapid self-replication, which eventually led to the catastrophe of the whole galaxy.

The "magic mobile phone" is a sci-fi drama shot in China. A future mobile phone from 26 can change the appearance of an adult, and it has its own thinking consciousness, and it also has feelings for human beings.

In the above examples, artificial intelligence has self-awareness and thinking. Although they are all created by science fiction, it is not completely impossible for artificial intelligence to upgrade and evolve the ability to have self-awareness and thinking in the future. After all, many sci-fi things have almost come true in the end (no wonder Hawking repeatedly warned the world before his death-we must grasp the "degree" in developing artificial intelligence. I guess that's what I'm worried about.

This makes us think again: How did consciousness come from? Is it evolved? Or does it exist somewhere, waiting for "calling" to gain consciousness?

David Eagleman, a psychologist and adjunct professor in the Department of Behavioral Science at Stanford University, once interpreted consciousness as a breakthrough connection.

According to David's interpretation, it seems that consciousness needs to be connected to get it. Breakthrough connection, does it mean that evolution will break through the barrier of consciousness connection to a certain extent, and automatically connect the source of consciousness, and then the object will have self-consciousness? If this is the case, it seems to explain several examples of artificial intelligence finally evolving into consciousness.

neurosurgeon wilder? By studying the activity and aggregation of neurons in different areas of the brain of epileptic patients, penfield came to his own opinion that the operation and changes of everything are subject to the control of consciousness, including all physiological activities and nerve activities, and even various sensory reactions of the body.

Wilder also gave several special examples: for example, some people who were in a trance in their brain walked barefoot over hot coal without any burns; Being hypnotized by a hypnotist, I can't feel any pain when I prick my hand with acupuncture. Walk into a person with a soldering iron, tell him to burn his right arm, then suddenly blindfold him, but brand the soldering iron elsewhere and make a "hiss" sound. Strangely, the blindfolded person has a branded scar on his right arm for no reason.

how to explain this phenomenon? Is it true that the operation and change of all things are only controlled by consciousness? This reminds us of the famous experiment in quantum mechanics-delayed selection experiment. The inference drawn from the experiment is that the consciousness of the observer is the foundation of all existence, not that matter determines consciousness, but that consciousness determines matter. In other words, matter is only the carrier of consciousness, and consciousness is the foundation of the operation of all things; Everything is generated by consciousness, and consciousness is the designer and creator of everything.

There is a saying in Buddhism: "Everything is conscious". It means that everything in the universe, whether living or inanimate, has a certain sense of self. However, the stone clearly can't talk and has no life. How can it be conscious?

The explanation given by conscious researchers is as follows:

Consciousness exists in all things in the universe, whether it is large to macroscopic galaxies, galaxy groups, stars, planets, etc., or small to microscopic molecules, atoms, protons, electrons, quarks, etc., and they all have the ability of self-awareness and self-thinking. However, the "dynamic" of some objects' own consciousness is not obvious, or it is in a temporary "dormant state". Once it meets the right "opportunity", such as reaching a * * * vibration with the conscious frequency of other objects, it will be activated immediately, showing what people usually call "spirituality".

For example, some researchers have done an experiment: prepare two cups of clean water, put half a cup of the same rice in each of them, and then talk to two cups of rice soaked in clean water every day. The difference is that what you say to two cups soaked in rice is not the same every day. Say "thank you, it's beautiful, it's beautiful" to one cup every day, and say "it's ugly, smelly, I don't like it" to another cup every day. A week later, you will find that the cup soaked in rice with clear water that says praise every day is still clear water and rice, while the rice in the cup that says bad things every day has become black and moldy, and the clear water has become very turbid and emits an unpleasant smell.

For another example, some researchers have tested the conscious state of plants. Connect the test electrode to the plant, and the other end is connected to the display through the conversion circuit, and the pulse waveform can be displayed on the screen of the display. If it is only connected to plants normally, the waveform on the display instrument is in a straight line and there is no obvious change. When the tester struck a match next to the plant, something strange happened. There was a slight pulse fluctuation on the display, but it quickly returned to a straight line. When the tester decided to burn the plants with matches, the pulse fluctuation appeared on the display again, and it was stronger than just now. Then the tester decided not to burn the plant and withdrew the burning match, and soon the screen of the monitor returned to a straight line. The tester tried to pretend to burn the plants again, but the screen of the monitor was still a straight line, as if the plants could read the tester's thoughts.

and these two experiments are the best explanation and proof of "everything is conscious".

In this regard, the researcher further explained that macroscopic objects are composed of microscopic particles, so the consciousness in microscopic particles will eventually converge into the macroscopic consciousness of macroscopic objects, that is, the "collective consciousness" of microscopic quantum consciousness. When a person's body and mind are in a quiet state, the conscious vibration frequency of the microscopic particles that make up the body will tend to be regular and directional from a chaotic state, and the energy of consciousness will tend to be superimposed in the same direction. At this time, it is often felt that the whole person is full of energy, clear and flexible in thinking, sharp and profound in insight, and advanced and open-minded, which is totally different from the usual state. On the other hand, if the body and mind are in a restless state, the conscious vibration frequency of the microscopic particles that make up the body will tend to be chaotic, and the conscious energy will also be cut, and the whole person will show confusion and dullness, dull insight and narrow consciousness.

so where does the consciousness of microscopic particles come from? Researchers have also given an explanation, that is, it comes from "string vibration" (superstring theory). According to the string theory, different microscopic particles are generated by different motion and vibration modes of the string, and various motion modes and vibration states of the string constitute all the different basic particles in the microscopic world. Elementary particles form atoms, molecules, and then everything in the universe. Different vibration frequencies of strings will form different quantum consciousness, which is stored in microscopic elementary particles in a "dormant state" and waiting to be activated.

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