Jenny L. Nielsen's "Quanta Qualia"

  Taking Courses: Philosophy of Science (Phil 860) - Computation and the Sciences, Prof J. Symons Phenomenology (Phil 590) at KU, Prof I. Symons Auditing Quantum Mechanics III, Quantum Field Theory I (review), Prof. I. Lewis My Tutoring position at Haskell Indian Nations University (began Winter 2020) is on hiatus due to Corona Closures. Applying for Work Study position(s) at KU.

Phil 860 – Topics Phil  Science   Professor John Symons   Paper # 1 – Due Sep 14  The Extended Mind Hypothesis:  Objection and Defense  Jenny Lorraine Nielsen  Introduction  In “The Extended Mind”, Andy Clark and David Chalmers (1998) present a claim that mind extends beyond brain and body into the physical world via coupling of organism and external resources in order to hold mental states (such as beliefs) “constituted partly by features of the environment” (12, 18). One strong criticism of the hypothesis comes from Ken Aizawa and Fred Adams (2001), who argue in “Defending the Bounds of Cognition” that Chalmers and Clark commit a fallacy by confusing the causal relationship between the brain and external objects with a constitutive relationship (2). They further maintain that such objects cannot make up cognition as they lack the “nature” of “what constitutes the cognitive” (2001, 3). In the sections that follow, I will explicate this objection and then present counterarguments that

Dear Mitchell, I remember your name from my readings since some time ago! It's an honor that you've contacted me! In re: chemistry -- I don't hope for anything that revolutionary (as far as reworking all of that goes)! I hope for more accurate descriptions of molecules beyond the Hydrogen atom (ha--maybe!) I appreciate your long letter! I am not Michael Nielsen's wife, although it delights me to be mistaken as such, I am just a very ambitious graduate student from Kansas who has been in dialogue with physicists around the country for some time (since I was an ambitious high schooler). I will take some time to read your comments and think deeply about each one -- I just want you to be sure that I do not think I am going to fix all of chemistry -- maybe model a few things more accurately beyond hydrogen if that has not been done yet (perhaps I am working off of outdated research; it was my understanding Schrodinger's modes of the atom only worked

Two videos with Deepak Chopra in which I appear:

Background: https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/Hopf+fibration Project A: Towards defining a unit measure of quantum information, a quanglebit, written as a Hopf bundle over a Bloch hypersphere in complex space, which unlike the qubit is sensitive to quantum entanglement and could contain entanglement information. (There is past work to cite here that goes so far as mentioning the Bloch sphere and qubits and that the Hopf fibration is a way to redo the qubit, but does not redefine a new measure of information -- I think it is crucial at this point to redefine our measure of quantum information and get away from the limitations of the qubit structure, which is not easy to describe entanglement therewith.) Beginning date of project: 2013 (with many breaks). While hardly trivial, not a difficult project.  Project B : Redefining the fields [EM and QFT] and Schrodinger on the Hopf fiber bundle (approximate beginning date of project: June 2008). 

Deepak Chopra's book Metahuman is a delightful pathway to the practice of being at peace with one's self as a denizen of the universe who has "gone beyond". Beyond the normal path of recreational or work-business-school 9-to-5 plodding; into the family of folks who have become more than they are.  Following these exercises with an open mind, you will gain control of yourself and truly unleash your infinite potential. No human can promise miracles but if you follow this path earnestly I believe firmly you will at least learn to recognize and embrace the miracle that you are.  Following this book you will learn, at some level of reality, we are entangled. We are nonlocal. We exist and have consciousness--whatever that "magical" thing is! (Deepak tells us what he knows!) We can meditate and feel our very being, our existence. But we are also open and permeable systems. We co-create our experiences with others as members of groups. We generate experiences as

My favorite fiber bundle....

Jenny's Class Journal ●      Poker table - improv - table position impacting “conversation” ●      https://courseware.ku.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-7051502-dt-content-rid-25881114_1/courses/4189-25334/Resilience%20as%20a%20Unifying%20Concept.pdf - This paper on resilience from the general readings looks very useful for our project and defining resilience in groups, networks, and individuals ●      Susan Dikker’s work: http://www.suzannedikker.net/projects/ (brain entrainment between partners documented in her projects) ●      This honors thesis paper provides information to cite regarding auditory driving / brain wave entrainment in ritual groups: https://web.stanford.edu/group/brainwaves/2006/AuditoryDrivingRitualTech.pdf ●      Good book for general background reading and anyone in our project: SYNC by Steven Strogatz ●      Doelling KB, Poeppel D. Cortical entrainment to music and its modulation by expertise. PNAS. 2015. ( www.pnas.org/content/112/45/E6233 ) All peo