Mind as an Alternative to Randomness
A core "assumption" in physics and biology is that "random" processes at one scale of matter can explain the complex structures and goal-directed behaviors of matter that appear at higher scales. Randomness assumptions at the scale of elementary particles, molecules, and cells will be discussed and shown to create causation gaps in scientific theories.
The Fundamental Mind Interpretation (FMI) was developed to address these gap in causation. FMI posits mind as a non-random cognitive agency embedded within elementary particles that combine to form more complex minds as the forces of nature combine matter into more complex forms. Replacing the quantum randomness assumption with cognitive agency allows FMI to remain consistent with scientific evidence at all scales while resolving causation gaps that result from randomness assumptions at multiple scales. This page will provide an evolving summary of FMI as it is being developed, with the complete interpretation expected to be published in our 2028 joint sequel.
Cells Have Minds
Our books discuss scientific research showing that cells can communicate, collaborate, and solve problems - demonstrating cognition and agency which we view as evidence that cells have minds. We hypothesize that cells may be able to electromagnetically combine their minds to form the more complex minds of multicellular organisms. Our books provide background and a scientific foundation for our search for mind deeper into matter.
Asserting that minds can combine faces the classic mind "Combination Problem" articulated and discussed by philosophers of mind. Two solutions are proposed which use existing scientific theory to show how rudimentary minds could combine to form more complex minds from the quantum scale to the human scale. Just one assumption is required - that the universal scientific laws which apply to all forms of matter and energy at all scales of the universe should apply equally to mind at all scales.
Minds Combine via Forces of Nature
The properties of the quantum scale are well suited for the mind of any combined matter structure to influence the behaviors of it components parts. Most of the mysteries in quantum physics exist because the theory does not define what constitutes an observer or a measurement. By defining mind as an observer, FMI provides a framework for how the collective mind of matter at any scale can exert agency over the elementary particles that form its physical structure.
Mind Can Influence Matter at all Scales
Coming Summer 2026
Coming Summer 2026
Molecules Exhibit Evidence of Mind
Scientists discovered molecules inside cells that appear to exhibit goal-directed behaviors. Random molecule collisions is the current hypothesis to explain how molecules move in preferred directions, but it is implausible to expect random collisions to explain how billions of molecules inside a cell can orchestrate the millions of complex and highly coordinated chemical reactions necessary to sustain life. The subcellular world can best be understood as a society of molecules with minds working together to keep their cellular ecosystem alive.
Coming Summer/Fall 2026
Coming Fall 2026
Fundamental Mind in Quantum Vacuum
The quantum vacuum grounds the quantum fields of all elementary particles. This substrate exists below the Planck scale and contains highly energetic "quantum fluctuations" that physicists model as "virtual particles" which power are needed to power particle interactions in quantum mechanics. This suggests the vacuum essentially grounds, powers, and connects all matter and energy in our universe. Under FMI it also grounds, powers, and connects all minds in our universe.
Coming Winter 2027
Coming Winter 2027