A new principle of mass-energy-information equivalence is formulated by Melvin M. Vopson, Physics Professor in Portsmouth Univ., that proposes that a bit of information is not just physical, but it has a finite and quantifiable mass while it stores information.
There are characteristic features that are commonly observed in NDEs like perception of seeing and hearing apart from the physical body, passing into or through a tunnel, encountering a mystical light, intense and generally positive emotions, a review of part or all of their prior life experiences, encountering deceased loved ones, and a choice to return to their earthly life
This article treats self-transcendence as a fact of human life. Inter alia this means that the human mind operates in terms of binary concepts such as finitude-infinity, inner world-outside world, self-other, desire-fulfilment, separation-union and the like. We find these concepts in most myths of origin.
In 2011, one of the authors (DJB) published a report of nine experiments in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology purporting to demonstrate that an individual’s cognitive and affective responses can be influenced by randomly selected stimulus events that do not occur until after his or her responses have already been made and recorded
The simulation hypothesis is a philosophical theory, in which the entire universe and our objective reality are just simulated constructs. This idea is gaining traction in scientific circles. Recent scientific developments in the field of information physics, such as the publication of the mass-energy-information equivalence principle, appear to support this possibility.
The relation between quantum mechanics and higher brain functions, including consciousness is far from being understood. Physicists, ignorant of modern neurobiology, are tempted to assume a dualistic view of the mind–brain problem. Life Sientists have little use for quantum physics. And still these two scientiic fields are consulting each other on the nature of consciousness.
Arguments pertaining to the mind-brain connection and to the physical effectiveness of our conscious choices have been presented in two recent books, one by John Searle, the other by Jaegwon Kim. These arguments are examined, and it is argued that the difficulties encountered arise from a defective understanding and application ofquantum mechanics.