Quantum theory of awareness: Soul is a form of information

While many people think that science and spirituality are opposing worlds, excluding each other, in fact, there are many reputable scientists who believe in the existence of the soul. They also use scientific knowledge to prove and describe it.

The doctrine of the soul causes a stir

Most beliefs and religions believe that, in addition to body, mind, people also possess something that belongs only to themselves, that is the soul . Until now, science still denies the existence of the soul, but the number of scholars who have a reputation for protecting and encouraging the idea of ​​its existence is not small.

In 2012, two world-renowned physical scientists, Dr. Stuart Hameroff (USA) - Emeritus Professor of Anesthesiology and Psychology, Director of the Center for Consciousness, University of Arizona and Roger Penrose ( English) - has caused a stir in the scientific community when developing a quantum theory of perception. In this theory, the soul is considered to be part of the structure that the team calls microtubules - a microscopic organization in brain cells.

This idea stems from the notion that the brain is a bio-computer with billions of neurons; Connecting axons, nerve couplings acts as a complete information system.

According to the theory, which Stuart Hameroff and Roger Penrose have been studying since 1996, consciousness is the result of quantum gravity inside the microtubule. This is evident when people experience a state of clinical death. Meanwhile, microtubules lose quantum state, but the information contained in it is not destroyed. The two doctors said that the soul does not die but only enters the universe.

The existence of the soul is still controversial.(Artwork: April-norris).

"When the heart stops, the blood stops flowing, the microtubules lose their quantum state, but the information in the microtubule is not and cannot be lost. It only distributes and disseminates into the universe. "If they die, quantum information can exist outside the body - in the form of a soul," Dr. Hameroff said.

Beliefs of scientists

Before, during and after the quantum theory of consciousness came into being, many scientists believed in the fact that souls exist.

Richard Swinburne - the philosopher of the University of Oxford, England, the author of the book "Reason, the brain and the freedom of will" - voiced the protection of the soul's existence: "To depicting this whole world, you need to include the subject of experiences, not only through experiences, through physical bodies but also through individual mental objects that we call souls. Because otherwise, you will not be able to describe their conscious life. "

According to Swinburne, if there is only body and mind, we will be just the same subjects. However, in fact, we are completely different, so there must be some important part that creates clarity and we can call it "my soul".

"The soul may not operate on its own, but it must be linked to one body. At that time, life can continue if the soul enters into the body again" - he said. "The difference between souls is inexplicable. The soul is an immaterial characteristic. It has its own character and character. The soul also possesses thoughts, feelings, attitudes . The only way for them to show is through attachment to the living body . "

Henry Stapp, a physicist at the University of California - Berkeley, said: "Belief in the soul is not without a scientific basis. The soul is the personality independence of the mind or the surviving part. remains of the body after death ".

And Professor, Dr. Hans-Peter Dür - former Director of Max Planck Institute of Physics, Munich, Germany - said: "The parallel existence between the body and the soul is as authentic as the parallel existence of the wave. and the smallest matter particle ".

According to the professor, the quantum state of the universe exists in both living and dead objects, leading to existence after death."We have only seen the material aspect of this world. What creates the world is beyond the material aspect and it is much larger than this world. In this way, their present life We are surrounded by life after we die ".

"It would be wrong to remove the soul from nature" - a nuclear physicist and molecular biologist Jeremy Hayward - of the University of Cambridge, UK - said.

Physicist and cleric John Polkinghorne defines the soul as the part carrying information inside the nucleus. This part of the soul will not rot when we die "will be used by God for rebirth".