Christopher James Davia

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Cognition and Decoherence?

Many thinkers reject the idea that large scale persistent coherence can exist in the brain because it is too warm, wet, noisy and constantly interacts, and consequently, is 'measured' by the...

11 November 2018 5,939 39 View

Is this Darwinism?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uFmLG51NkE If a significant percentage of this type of bacteria's genetic make up is consequent upon this behaviour can it be regarded as an example of an...

09 September 2018 6,176 0 View

Is the following finding relating to the Golden Mean (1.618...) trivial or significant? Has this been discovered before?

Any value that results from raising the power of the Golden Mean by an integer > 1 may be exactly expressed in the following form:- (GM * a) + b - where both 'a' and 'b' are integers! e.g...

06 June 2018 5,115 0 View

Can atmospheric bacteria and clouds be used to tackle the growing CO2 problem?

Recent studies have revealed an intimate relationship between micro-organisms and cloud formation. It seems that an important 'catalyzing' agent for water droplet formation are tiny bacteria....

09 September 2014 1,797 29 View

Is Schrödinger’s "Negative Entropy" hidden in the "Schrödinger Equation" itself?

The acquisition and maintenance of order in biological systems has been a conundrum of curiosity for many thinkers, including Schrödinger who proposed a controversial quantity - "Negative Entropy"...

05 May 2014 4,382 2 View

Given that large scale BEC's can be created at room temperature, would their emergence be facilitated by providing a fractal scaffold?

I am trying to understand the nature of Bose-Einstein Condensates and the possibility that they may be associated with living processes. My intuition tells me that they must be scale -free...

05 May 2014 4,408 3 View

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01 January 2014 6,174 0 View

We are creating a world that provides a rich soil of structure to fuel cognition and consciousness. Can technology create a leap of creativity?

It seems to me, that we are on the very verge of some great change. The world is heating up and each technological and scientific leap that we make ushers in the next. This is the time of the...

10 October 2013 3,257 4 View

Is consciousness the "fire in the equations"?

I can't remember where this quote comes from - surely Kitty Ferguson wasn't the first - anyone? Anyway, can we build a universe from mathematics alone? If not, then what is the ontological...

09 September 2013 3,881 24 View

Is the personality an aesthetic?

Let us suppose that we take two large sets of ceramic artifacts from two different ancient cultures. If we familiarize ourselves with these artifacts over some considerable period of time, then,...

09 September 2013 7,676 33 View

Given that if you want to know how the brain works you should first ask 'What do brains like?', what does aesthetics tell us about the brain?

When the brain finds a solution to the problem of the locomotion of an animal - say a cheetah, the solution often appears to us as beautiful or graceful. Does this suggest that all brains work the...

09 September 2013 1,835 20 View

Can neural re-mapping provide a new treatment for people with tunnel vision?

The attached file is a proposal that shows how neural re-mapping maybe able to provide a simple non-invasive treatment for people suffering from the effects of glaucoma (tunnel vision) and other...

09 September 2013 3,958 7 View

If consciousness correlates with a macroscopic quantum coherent soliton in the brain how might it be observed?

In the article 'How Long is a Piece of Time: Phenomenal Time and Quantum Coherence - Toward a Solution' by Professor Ram Vimal and Myself, the problem of phenomenal time was addressed in an...

08 August 2013 7,651 1 View

Given the history of our galaxy, how many times has there been an industrial revolution? Will this type of thinking help us solve our global problems?

The Fractal Catalytic Model provides analytic and empirical evidence that life is a fundamental physical process. Within the context of the theory the emergence of intelligent opportunistic...

08 August 2013 2,939 8 View

Does the singularity form before the event horizon, the event horizon form before the singularity or do they form at the exactly the same time?

The question is inspired by a conversation with a friend - Paul Gray. We wonder if we can resolve the problems associated with the singularity if it can be shown that the singularity never...

08 August 2013 3,778 8 View

If life (sentient life?) is an intrinsic aspect of how the universe is evolving can we expect it to influence the structure of the universe over time?

The Fractal Catalytic Model argues that the 'evolution of life is the evolution of catalysis. This raises questions concerning the long term evolution of the universe and the rate at which the...

08 August 2013 4,325 3 View

Consciousness exists through virtue of the fact that it occurs IN space/time? Consciousness exists through virtue of the fact that it IS space/time?

CONSCIOUSNESS EXISTS!!!! Philosophy of Mind is characterised by a set of seemingly intractable problems - mind/body interaction, mind/matter reconciliation, qualia, intentionality, phenomenal...

01 January 1970 3,436 1 View

'Historical Truth?, You Can't Handle Historical Truth!'

Let us suppose for a moment that a historic day is upon us and we find ourselves watching a representative from Earth receive as honoured guests visitors from another planet. After formalities the...

01 January 1970 1,529 17 View