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Beyond The Brain: Dr. Trevor Lohman On Consciousness, Science, & The Divine

2025/5/6
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Trevor Lohman: 我是神经科学研究员,主要研究神经退行性疾病。但我对意识的神经科学也感兴趣。主流神经科学认为意识是复杂计算的涌现属性,但这并不令人满意,因为它缺乏解释力。 我深入研究了量子物理学的早期研究者,发现他们对量子现象持有神秘主义的看法。他们对粒子在被观察和不被观察时表现出不同的行为感到震惊。这促使我对物质的本质和现实的本质有了新的思考。 主流物理学对物质的理解类似于计算机中的数据存储:当没有观察者时,物质并不真正存在。这与我们的日常经验相悖,但实验结果确实支持这种观点。双缝实验是经典的例子,它表明观察行为会影响物质的行为。 量子纠缠现象允许在任意距离上瞬时传递信息,这具有重要的技术应用价值(例如量子加密)。但更重要的是,它挑战了我们对空间和时间的理解。 计算机可以模拟许多人类智能行为,但这并不意味着它具有意识或主观体验。人类意识的关键在于主观体验,这在目前的计算模型中是无法解释的。 我对自由意志也很感兴趣。虽然生物学因素会影响行为,但这并不否定自由意志的存在。康复就是一个很好的例子,它证明了意志的力量。 我对协调客观还原理论很感兴趣,该理论试图利用量子力学来解释意识。微管中光子的存在暗示着大脑可能是一个接收器,接收来自外部的信息。 总的来说,我们对生命和意识的本质知之甚少,应该保持谦逊和好奇的态度。 Richard Jacobs: 作为主持人,我主要负责引导话题,提出问题,并对Trevor Lohman的观点进行回应和补充。

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What insights does quantum physics offer about consciousness and the nature of reality? Could we be living in a simulation? Does matter really require observation in order to exist? Dr. Trevor Lohman joins us to dissect these questions and many others – ultimately trying to tease apart what is "real" and what isn’t

Dr. Lohman is a clinical neuroscience researcher who specializes in the relationship between the cardiovascular system and neurological health. While he has always been fascinated with science and technology, he incorporates history, philosophy, and theology to create a perspective that bridges empirical knowledge with profound questions about existence and meaning. 

On April 5th, Dr. Lohman released his latest book, God's Eye View: How the Most Beautiful Experiment Ever Designed Changed Our Perception of God, Consciousness, the Universe, and Reality Itself). In it, he presents an array of complex ideas – expertly stitching history, quantum theory, neuroscience, and physics’ great hypotheses in a way that challenges modern science’s tendencies toward atheism.

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The ways that science and faith intersect. The fundamental mysteries of consciousness.  What the “fathers of science” believed about the nature of quantum physics. The role that conscious agents play in the reality of physical objects. 

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Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/30PvU9C)