Georgiev Danko D
Institute for Advanced Study, 30 Vasilaki Papadopulu Str., 9010 Varna, Bulgaria.
Life (Basel). 2023 Dec 27;14(1):48. doi: 10.3390/life14010048.
The natural evolution of consciousness in different animal species mandates that conscious experiences are causally potent in order to confer any advantage in the struggle for survival. Any endeavor to construct a physical theory of consciousness based on emergence within the framework of classical physics, however, leads to causally impotent conscious experiences in direct contradiction to evolutionary theory since epiphenomenal consciousness cannot evolve through natural selection. Here, we review recent theoretical advances in describing sentience and free will as fundamental aspects of reality granted by quantum physical laws. Modern quantum information theory considers quantum states as a physical resource that endows quantum systems with the capacity to perform physical tasks that are classically impossible. Reductive identification of conscious experiences with the quantum information comprised in quantum brain states allows for causally potent consciousness that is capable of performing genuine choices for future courses of physical action. The consequent evolution of brain cortical networks contributes to increased computational power, memory capacity, and cognitive intelligence of the living organisms.
不同动物物种意识的自然进化表明，有意识的体验具有因果效力，以便在生存斗争中赋予任何优势。然而，任何试图在经典物理学框架内基于涌现构建意识物理理论的努力，都会导致有意识的体验因果无效，这与进化理论直接矛盾，因为副现象意识无法通过自然选择进化。在这里，我们回顾了将感知和自由意志描述为量子物理定律赋予现实基本方面的最新理论进展。现代量子信息理论将量子态视为一种物理资源，赋予量子系统执行经典上不可能的物理任务的能力。将有意识的体验与量子脑态中包含的量子信息进行还原识别，使得意识具有因果效力，能够为未来的物理行动过程做出真正的选择。大脑皮层网络的后续进化有助于提高生物体的计算能力、记忆容量和认知智能。
