The Evolution Paradigm Shift

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is a Bohmian notion related to quantum physics and biologists looking for link to physics to explain self-organization (eg. the capacity of living organisms to alter their own heredity) would do well to look in that direction. Matti Pitkänen has developed the idea further giving it also mathematical anatomy (cells as holographic quantum computers etc.).


As for dogma or paradigm of materialistic determinism, Pitkänen does not mince his words:

If one accepts the non-materialistic view - that is quantum jump as a re-creation, then causality of volition is unavoidably the core element of consciousness.

For the materialistic approach (Pribram) the causality of volition reduces to that of deterministic laws of nature and the challenge is to why we should have the illusory experiences of choice and decision. Why almost everything we say spontaneously reflects these experiences? To exclude from world view something so fundamental is madness. This madness originated in the Newtonian revolution, which led to the belief that the laws of Nature must be fully deterministic.

Personally I have never experienced the wonderful feeling that as a physicist in deterministic world I can in principle predict everything: I am the Overlord. But I remember how difficult it was still to get the courage to see the absolutely obvious: the majority of the science community is deadly wrong. The psychological root of materialism are in a primitive greed for power.

http://matpitka.blogspot.com/2012/05/mystery-of-time-again.html#comments