?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Spin+as+Primordial+Self-Referential+Process+Driving+Quantum+Mechanics%2C+Spacetime+Dynamics+and+Consciousness&rft.creator=Hu%2C+Huping&rft.creator=Wu%2C+Maoxin&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=We+have+recently+theorized+that+consciousness+is+intrinsically+connected+to+quantum+mechanical+spin+since+said+spin+is+embedded+in+the+microscopic+structure+of+spacetime+and+is+more+fundamental+than+spacetime+itself%2C+that+is%2C+spin+is+the+%E2%80%9Cmind-pixel.%E2%80%9D+Applying+these+ideas+to+the+particular+structures+and+dynamics+of+the+brain%2C+we+have+developed+a+qualitative+model+of+quantum+consciousness.+In+this+paper%2C+we+express+our+fundamental+view+that+spin+is+a+primordial+self-referential+process+driving+quantum+mechanics%2C+spacetime+dynamics+and+consciousness.+To+justify+such+a+view%2C+we+will+draw+support+from+existing+literatures%2C+discuss+from+a+reductionist+perspective+the+essential+properties+said+spin+should+possess+as+mind-pixel+and+explore+further+the+nature+of+spin+to+see+whether+said+properties+are+present.+Our+conclusion+is+that+these+properties+are+indeed+endowed+to+spin+by+Nature.+One+of+the+implications+from+our+fundamental+view+is+that+the+probabilistic+structure+of+quantum+mechanics+is+due+to+the+self-referential+collapse+of+spin+state+that+is+contextual%2C+non-local%2C+non-computable+and+irreversible.+Therefore%2C+a+complete+theory+of+the+self-referential+spin+process+is+necessarily+semantic%2C+that+is%2C+it+should+be+based+on+internally+meaningful+information.&rft.date=2003-03&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2827%2F1%2FSpinNature.pdf&rft.identifier=++Hu%2C+Huping+and+Wu%2C+Maoxin++(2003)+Spin+as+Primordial+Self-Referential+Process+Driving+Quantum+Mechanics%2C+Spacetime+Dynamics+and+Consciousness.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2827%2F