janMar 25
”For centuries, consciousness has been humanity's deepest mystery. Is it purely emergent from neural networks, or does it connect to something more fundamental? The new findings that I present in my work suggest that the ubiquitous ZPF [electromagnetic zero-point field] holds the key to the understanding of consciousness.”
—Joachim Keppler, Quantum clues to consciousness: New research suggests the brain may harness the zero-point field
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-quantum-clues-consciousness-brain-harness.html
#consciousness #quantumelectrodynamics #zeropointfield
Quantum clues to consciousness: New research suggests the brain may harness the zero-point field

What if your conscious experiences were not just the chatter of neurons, but were connected to the hum of the universe? In a paper published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, I present new evidence indicating that conscious states may arise from the brain's capacity to resonate with the quantum vacuum—the zero-point field that permeates all of space.

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Show threadjanMar 25
”…it should be pointed out that the QED-based approach discussed here not only lays a solid theoretical foundation for explaining brain dynamics but also sheds new light on the regulation of biological organisms as a whole.”
—Joachim Keppler, Macroscopic quantum effects in the brain: new insights into the fundamental principle underlying conscious processes (Frontiers 20251203)
#article #quantumelectrodynamics #biology #organisms
Dave MuthDec 11

@NicoleCRust and
@dougmerritt might like this.

I think this is interesting, from "Frontiers in Neuroscience" mag. New "HYPOTHESIS AND THEORY article" by Joachim Keppler, head of Department of Consciousness Research, DIWISS Research Institute, Roth, Germany
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2025.1676585/full

An explainer for folks who would like a less technical take, first:
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-quantum-clues-consciousness-brain-harness.html
#Neuroscience #QuantumElectroDynamics #Consciousness #QED
#CognitiveScience

Frontiers | Macroscopic quantum effects in the brain: new insights into the fundamental principle underlying conscious processes

Empirical findings indicate that conscious states are inextricably linked to long-range synchronized activity patterns that result from phase transitions and...

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MPI for Gravitational PhysicsJun 27, 2024

🏆 COSMIC WISPers Prize 2024 for Laura Roberts 🎉

Laura (Lo) Roberts, a PhD student in the “Precision Interferometry and Fundamental Interactions” department, attended the COST Action COSMIC WISPers 2nd Training School. She received a prize for her presentation “Polarimetry for Vacuum Magnetic Birefringence” and was invited to speak at the 2nd General Assembly of the COST Action COSMIC WISPers in Istanbul, Turkey

ℹ️ https://www.aei.mpg.de/1167205/cosmic-wispers-prize-2024-for-laura-roberts

#quantumelectrodynamics #physics #award #phdstudent

COSMIC WISPers Prize 2024 for Laura Roberts

Laura (Lo) Roberts, a PhD student in the “Precision Interferometry and Fundamental Interactions” department, attended the COST Action COSMIC WISPers 2nd Training School, held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 11-14, 2024. She received a COSMIC WISPers Prize 2024 for her presentation “Polarimetry for Vacuum Magnetic Birefringence” and was invited to speak at the 2nd General Assembly of the COST Action COSMIC WISPers in Istanbul, Turkey.

jonny (nonvenomous)Apr 8, 2024
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Jim Donegan 🎵 ✅Feb 22, 2024

#FreemanDyson - What's #Fundamental in the #Cosmos?

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Freeman Dyson - What's Fundamental in the Cosmos?

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El Club De Los Físicos MuertosMay 17, 2023
#PaulDirac formulated relativistic equation for #electron in 1928.
Dirac eq. admits solutions with negative energies and "Dirac sea" was postulated -it is explained very well in George Gamow's "Biography of #Physics" for example-
Anderson discovered #positron in 1932 in cosmic rays.
Antimatter are not particles of negative "mass in rest" because that -for the moment- does not exist
#Positron and electron have same mass at rest 511 keV each
#QuantumElectrodynamics was developed around late 1940s
Jim Donegan 🎵 ✅Feb 27, 2023

#ArvinAsh - Why Does #Light Exist? What is Its #Purpose?

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Why Does Light Exist? What is Its Purpose?

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MaxbJan 23, 2023

@axleyjc
This is old stuff being reinvented with new jargon or "newspeak". Ive been in image processing related technologies for over 40 years and the answer to your first para is yes. Look at the technologies behind GIS and satellite mapping, radar mapping and urban planning. Segmentation and "disentanglement"( hey this aint QED! ) are related leading to independence of entities and attributes.

#quantumElectroDynamics #QED
#GIS #geographicInformationSystems