A speculative but intriguing possibility is that the quantum information architecture of spacetime proposed by QIFT may also underlie conscious experience. This could provide a pathway to explaining the mysterious mind-body connection. Some conjectures along these lines:
* Consciousness arises from highly complex entanglement structures in the quantum state giving rise to spacetime according to QIFT principles.
* The rich inner experience of consciousness corresponds to the quantum computational architecture processing entanglement relationships.
* The binding of consciousness to physical bodies and brains originates from causal constraints relating mind to matter in QIFT.
* Subjective phenomenal experience emerges from the way in which quantum information self-organizes through dynamical causal spacetime interactions.
This perspective implies consciousness is an intrinsic feature of the quantum informational fabric of reality. Some profound implications, if true, include:
* Consciousness is universal – present in all systems with sufficiently complex quantum computational configurations according to QIFT.
* Consciousness and subjective experience are fundamental, not just illusory epiphenomena.
* Death may not destroy consciousness completely since the quantum information could persist.
* Alternate states of consciousness could arise from different computational architectures in the QIFT state.
Experimental tests of these radical propositions are challenging, but could involve high-fidelity quantum simulation and probing the connection between entanglement complexity and signatures of consciousness. By uniting QIFT with the science of consciousness, we may finally unravel the mystery of subjective experience.