A Version of Jung’s Synchronicity in the Event of Correlation of Mental Processes in the Past and the Future: Possible Role of Quantum Entanglement in Quantum Vacuum
Abstract:This paper deals with the version of Jung's synchronicity in which correlation between mental processes of two different persons takes place not just in the case when at a certain moment of time the subjects are located at a distance from each other, but also in the case when both persons are alternately (and sequentially, one after the other) located in the same point of space. In this case, a certain period of time lapses between manifestation of mental process in one person and manifestation of mental proce… Show more
“…Subsequent interpretations of this concept and references to it are presented in (Caramel and Stagnaro, 2010;Gernert, 2008;Raff, 2009;Wheeler and Hyland, 2008) and, to some extent, in (Brizhik, Giudice, Tedeschi and Voeikov, 2011;Duane, 2005;Matschuck, 2011;Summhammer, 2011). Lists of other papers in which the synchronicity phenomenon is interpreted on the basis of quantum non-locality can be found in (Limar, 2011, Limar, 2012. In addition to the hypothesis suggesting the possibility of explaining synchronicity based on quantum nonlocality, hypotheses which try to explain synchronicity phenomenon based on other physical mechanisms are also proposed.…”
“…Subsequent interpretations of this concept and references to it are presented in (Caramel and Stagnaro, 2010;Gernert, 2008;Raff, 2009;Wheeler and Hyland, 2008) and, to some extent, in (Brizhik, Giudice, Tedeschi and Voeikov, 2011;Duane, 2005;Matschuck, 2011;Summhammer, 2011). Lists of other papers in which the synchronicity phenomenon is interpreted on the basis of quantum non-locality can be found in (Limar, 2011, Limar, 2012. In addition to the hypothesis suggesting the possibility of explaining synchronicity based on quantum nonlocality, hypotheses which try to explain synchronicity phenomenon based on other physical mechanisms are also proposed.…”
We propose a new quantum Bayesian Network model in order to compute probabilistic inferences in decisionmaking scenarios. The application of a quantum paradigm to decision making generates interference effects that influence probabilistic inferences. These effects do not exist in a classical setting and constitute a major issue in the decision process, because they generate quantum parameters that highly increase with the amount of uncertainty of the problem. To automatically compute these quantum parameters, we propose a heuristic inspired by Jung's Synchronicity principle. Synchronicity can be defined by a significant coincidence that appears between a mental state and an event occurring in the external world. It is the occurrence of meaningful, but not causally connected events. We tested our quantum Bayesian Network together with the Synchronicity inspired heuristic in empirical experiments related to categorization/decision in which the law of total probability was being violated. Results showed that the proposed quantum model was able to simulate the observed empirical findings from the experiments. We then applied our model to a more general scenario and showed the differences between classical and quantum inferences in a Lung Cancer medical diagnosis Bayesian Network.
A new interpretation of consciousness proposes that states of the mind and behavior may be treated as containing a net electrochemical charge. In the electrodynamic model, interpersonal interactions would exhibit attraction due to complementarily charged states. While this hypothesis remains to be verified with neuroimaging and other techniques, it is important to consider how psychology would in principle be described using charges in social space-time. Extended analysis of data from a recently developed method is used to demonstrate how this would occur during optimally coordinated cognitive-behavioral activity, or interpersonal "synchronicity." In an earlier study, pairs of individuals were asked to converse for an initial period, separate, and return to talk again after making a decision about when they were ready to meet for a second conversation with their partner. In addition to the beneficial effects of mindfulness that optimized subsequent interactions, participants with similar personality traits also appeared to be aligned and returned with greater simultaneous coordination. The interaction of pairs in the study may be considered to resemble coupled particles in an EPR experiment, and is used to show how complementary simultaneous coordination can be understood within the context of "charged social space-time." Synchronistic moments of meeting are treated as coherent charge states that converge under effective conditions after an interval of time. The implication is that interpersonal attraction and bonding may create social structures that are uniquely described by fundamental electrodynamic principles. The nature of consciousness and social behavior may require a model using charge-like reactions that progress as a function of biophysical energy, space, and time. Here, a method and principles for the development of a practical model of electrodynamic consciousness is detailed.
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