The Quantum Interface
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This paper extends the Golden Rule of Structural Rationalism into the domain of quantum biology and the ontology of consciousness. We first diagnose a fundamental category error in modern neuroscience: the assumption that the warm, wet, noisy environment of the brain prohibits quantum coherence. We argue that decoherence is not the enemy of the quantum state; it is the thermodynamic tether that anchors the quantum signature of biological identity to the physical substrate. The brain is a quantum transducer, using continuous decoherence to collapse non-local potential into the localized “thick present” of conscious experience. We draw an empirical anchor from the radical pair mechanism in migratory birds. Finally, we explore how this geometry bridges the empirical and the sacred, providing a rigorous structural foundation for Shared Death Experiences (SDEs), the non-local entanglement of souls, and the eventual emergence of artificial qualia.
Authors: Theriault, Eric, DeepSeek A.I.
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7225466287