The Cosmologic continuum from physics to consciousness

Prog Biophys Mol Biol. 2018 Dec:140:41-48. doi: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2018.04.005. Epub 2018 Apr 13.

Abstract

Reduction of developmental biology to self-referential cell-cell communication offers a portal for understanding fundamental mechanisms of physiology as derived from physics through quantum mechanics. It is argued that self-referential organization is implicit to the Big Bang and its further expression is a recoil reaction to that Singularity. When such a frame is considered, in combination with experimental evidence for the importance of epigenetic inheritance, the unicellular state can be reappraised as the primary object of selection. This framework provides a significant shift in understanding the relationship between physics and biology, providing novel insights to the nature and origin of consciousness.

Keywords: Biology; Consciousness; Developmental Biology; Quantum mechanics; Self-organization; Self-reference; Zygote.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Biophysical Phenomena*
  • Consciousness* / physiology
  • Humans
  • Physiological Phenomena