?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Thinking+Outside+the+Box+II%3A+The+Origin%2C+Implications+and+Applications+of+Gravity+and+Its+Role+in+Consciousness&rft.creator=Hu%2C+Huping&rft.creator=Wu%2C+Maoxin&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=Although+theories+and+speculations+abound%2C+there+is+no+consensus+on+the+origin+or+cause+of+gravity.+Presumably%2C+this+status+of+affair+is+due+to+the+lack+of+any+experimental+guidance.+In+this+paper%2C+we+will+discuss+its+ontological+origin%2C+implications+and+potential+applications+by+thinking+outside+the+mainstream+notions+of+general+relativity+and+quantum+gravity.+We+argue+that+gravity+originates+from+the+primordial+spin+processes+in+non-spatial+and+non-temporal+pre-spacetime%2C+is+the+manifestation+of+quantum+entanglement%2C+and+implies+genuine+instantaneous+interconnectedness+of+all+matters+in+the+universe.+That+is%2C+we+advocate+the+principle+of+non-local+action.+To+certain+degree%2C+our+view+is+a+reductionist+expression+of+Newton%E2%80%99s+instantaneous+universal+gravity+and+Mach%E2%80%99s+Principle+with+important+consequences.+We+also+discuss+the+role+of+gravity+in+consciousness+from+this+new+perspective.+Indeed%2C+if+spin+is+the+primordial+self-referential+cause+of+everything%2C+it+should+also+be+the+cause+of+gravity.&rft.date=2006&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5259%2F1%2FGravityOrigin.pdf&rft.identifier=++Hu%2C+Huping+and+Wu%2C+Maoxin++(2006)+Thinking+Outside+the+Box+II%3A+The+Origin%2C+Implications+and+Applications+of+Gravity+and+Its+Role+in+Consciousness.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5259%2F