Free will vs determinism: reconstructing the model for understanding space-time dynamics and the role of consciousness within the universe
dc.contributor.author | Juden-Kelly, Lyndon | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-08T17:18:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-07-08T17:18:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-07-08 | |
dc.description.abstract | The thrust of this thesis was to approach the historical question of whether or not “thought” or “mind” can affect physical processes from a different perspective. Alterations in generate random numbers from PN junction which are synapse-like interfaces mediating electron movement were assessed when people intended upon altering these fluctuations while being exposed to weak magnetic fields that could affect intention. The results indicated that specific physiological patterns of transcerebral magnetic fields interacted with intention to alter random fluctuation. Paired exposure of two random number devices at non-traditional distances to these patterned magnetic fields with changing angular velocities demonstrated clear evidence of classic excess correlation or “entanglement”. As the random variation drifted in one direction for one device the variation drifted in the other direction for the other device but only when the magnetic fields were operating. Quantitative electroencephalography (QEEG) correlates of the multiple subscales of a questionnaire by which “imaginative absorption” is inferred, indicated surprisingly strong associations between scores for specific subscales coupled to successful intention-related deviation of random numbers and low frequency power (theta-alpha range) within the right temporal lobe. However many other strong correlations were also observed. These results suggest that intention, an important traditional associate of “free will”, can affect random variations of electron-tunnelling processes but this coupling can be enhanced by externally originating pattern magnetic fields. These same fields when applied to two different spaces produce changes in random fluctuations that success excess correlation. One conclusion is that external forces that synchronize local spaces also occupied by brains could be a recondite determinant of the ultimate activity in electron movement in tissue whose correlative experience is the sense of “free will”. | en_CA |
dc.description.degree | Master of Arts (MA) in Human Development | en_CA |
dc.identifier.uri | https://laurentian.scholaris.ca/handle/10219/2424 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_CA |
dc.publisher | Laurentian University of Sudbury | en_CA |
dc.publisher.grantor | Laurentian University of Sudbury | en_CA |
dc.subject | Consciousness | en_CA |
dc.subject | free will | en_CA |
dc.subject | intention | en_CA |
dc.subject | random numbers | en_CA |
dc.title | Free will vs determinism: reconstructing the model for understanding space-time dynamics and the role of consciousness within the universe | en_CA |
dc.type | Thesis | en_CA |