?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Quantum%2C+consciousness+and+panpsychism%3A+a+solution+to+the+hard+problem&rft.creator=Gao%2C+Mr+Shan&rft.subject=Computational+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Psychophysics&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=We+analyze+the+results+and+implications+of+the+combination+of+quantum+and+consciousness+in+terms+of+the+recent+QSC+analysis.+The+quantum+effect+of+consciousness+is+first+explored.+We+show+that+the+consciousness+of+the+observer+can+help+to+distinguish+the+nonorthogonal+states+under+some+condition%2C+while+the+usual+physical+measuring+device+without+consciousness+can%E2%80%99t.+The+result+indicates+that+the+causal+efficacies+of+consciousness+do+exist+when+considering+the+basic+quantum+process.+Based+on+this+conclusion%2C+we+demonstrate+that+consciousness+is+not+reducible+or+emergent%2C+but+a+new+fundamental+property+of+matter.+This+provides+a+quantum+basis+for+panpsychism.+Furthermore%2C+we+argue+that+the+conscious+process+is+one+kind+of+quantum+computation+process+based+on+the+analysis+of+consciousness+time+and+combination+problem.+It+is+shown+that+a+unified+theory+of+matter+and+consciousness+should+include+two+parts%3A+one+is+the+complete+quantum+evolution+of+matter+state%2C+which+includes+the+definite+nonlinear+evolution+element+introduced+by+consciousness%2C+and+the+other+is+the+psychophysical+principle+or+corresponding+principle+between+conscious+content+and+matter+state.+Lastly%2C+some+experimental+suggestions+are+presented+to+confirm+the+theoretical+analysis+of+the+paper.+&rft.date=2004-03&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3489%2F1%2Fqcp.pdf&rft.identifier=++Gao%2C+Mr+Shan++(2004)+Quantum%2C+consciousness+and+panpsychism%3A+a+solution+to+the+hard+problem.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3489%2F