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Discussion on the implications that mind is a massless boson field or a property of matter as posited in the Fundamental Mind Theory (FMT) solutions to the mind combination problem. FMT Mind Combination Discussion The Physics of FMT FMT is developing a scientific framework for mind as a fundamental aspect of reality. Embracing the Wave Nature of Matter Makes the Quantum Realm Comprehensible Attempting to explain wave function collapse has led many philosophers and physicists to engage in wild speculation about the nature of reality, from believing the moon does not exist unless someone is looking at it, to infinite copies of each us living in infinite parallel universes, to denying that objective reality even exists. These views treat wave functions as real phenomena that exist in our universe whereas FMT views wave functions as mathematical models of the behavior of things that exist in our universe. FMT is a realist theory which asserts that matter, energy, mind, and the forces of nature are real phenomena that exist in our universe. Wave functions and wave function collapse are not real in FMT, they are mathematical models of the behavior of things that exist in our universe, just like every equation in classical physics. FMT takes the evidence from scientific experiments and combines it with evidence from human subjective experience, assuming that the overlap likely points the way towards better theories of mind and of reality more broadly. Since wave functions are mathematical models and there is zero scientific evidence for a multiverse, FMT asserts that we live in a single universe, with matter that has a real existence independent of whether or not anyone is observing it. FMT accepts our 1st person subjective experience as evidence that minds also exist in our universe. Renee Descartes' famous quote "I think therefore I am" acknowledges the obvious fact that our mind is the only thing that each of us can be 100% sure truly exists. Our minds exist, our minds observe, and our minds decide which actions to take based on events that occur in our lives. That our minds are observers fits with human intuition, sits on a robust foundation of scientific evidence, and does not violate any known scientific laws. In fact, the mere existence of mathematics, physics, and philosophy are predicated on the existence of a human mind to develop these disciplines as tools to investigate nature. The mind as an observer intuitively fits with human experience, explaining the feeling that we have free will, something modern science rejects based on the widespread metaphysical belief that everything in the universe can be explained by deterministic physical laws. Yet the quantum realm is completely indeterminate, providing the perfect substrate for mind to exert agency over matter, to exert its free will over matter. In a future post we will go down the rabbit hole of entanglement in more detail, but the short story is in 2020 Nobel prizes were awarded to scientists who experimentally proved that entanglement is a real phenomenon that violates Einstein's general relativity theory. Einstein's concept of a deterministic block universe has been invalidated; we do not live in a deterministic universe. Specifically, entanglement shows that local causation is a myth, meaning that science cannot explain the cause and effect relationships between objects in a finite space using equations that describe the particles and forces interacting in that finite space. A photon emitted by an exploding star billions of years ago in a distant galaxy can hit an alien's retina and instantly impact the properties of its entangled photon partner that is about to interact with your retina. Given the fundamental indeterminacy and lack of causation inherent in the quantum substrate of our universe, combined with the fact that simply observing matter influences its behavior, FMT asserts that the default assumption should be that humans have free will until proven otherwise, not the other way around as most scientists and philosophers assert. FMT asserts that your decision to read this discussion at this time was driven by the free will of your mind, not by the modern scientific view that massive numbers of deterministic particle interactions control everything you do as if you are a complex robot with a mind that has the illusion of free will because it literally cannot exert any control over any aspect of your body or your life. Quantum physics has invalidated the concept of a deterministic universe, unless one wants to believe that every elementary particle interaction throughout the 13.8 billion year history of our universe "splits" our universe into an infinite number of parallel universes where everything that could possibly happen does indeed happen in another universe. That there are an infinite number of you reading these words right now living slightly different lives, plus an infinitely number of universes where you are a doctor, lawyer, or construction worker, plus an infinite number where you have already died or were never born. This is called the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics and it shows just how far some scientists and philosophers will go to avoid giving up on their metaphysical belief in a deterministic universe. Let's take a closer look at what scientists have actually learned about elementary particles and wave function collapse. Elementary particles are modeled using wave equations, implying that their intrinsic nature is wave-like versus particle-like. Quantum scale phenomena appear to our scientific instruments as energy patterns that lack any physical dimensions whatsoever, have no defined position nor momentum, can become entangled with one another and interact instantly over vast distances, and may or may not have any mass. The subset of elementary particles that form stable matter all have mass and will be referred to as matter waves in this discussion. Matter waves are spread out over a region of space and their behaviors are described mathematically by the Schrodinger wave equation. When our scientific instruments attempt to measure any properties of matter waves, they extract energy which appears as "particles" that suddenly have definite and measurable properties. The fact that matter sometimes appears as a particle and sometimes as a wave is called wave-particle duality. FMT asserts that the intrinsic nature of matter is as wave-like energy patterns that appear momentarily as classical particles when being measured or observed during energy transfer processes, after which they revert back to their intrinsic wave nature. A human scale analogy is to consider a particle as similar to a lightning bolt. A set of wave equations can be written to describe a storm cloud as matter waves that form an electromagnetic field relative to the earth below and spread out over the cloud's 3D structure and beyond. The field strength at each point will change as the cloud absorbs water vapor, changes shape, and drifts over the uneven contours of the earth below (i.e. taller and metallic objects are more likely to attract lightning thus impact the relative field strength at each point in the cloud). At some point the electromagnetic field strength exceeds the insulation strength of the atmosphere between specific points in the cloud and on earth, and a lightning bolt is generated to exchange electromagnetic energy between the cloud and the earth. The lightning bolt appears briefly, carries a specific and measurable amount of energy, and follows a specific and measurable path to the earth. The cloud is similar to a matter wave spread out over a region of space lacking specific and measurable properties, and the lightning bolt is similar to a particle that has specific and measurable properties but only appears briefly during an energy transfer event. The analogy is relevant because lightning bolts are actually made of a massive streams of electrons, which are matter waves that behave according to the principles and equations of quantum theory. Lightning bolts are literally high energy macroscopic quantum energy transfer events. Electrons in a storm cloud behave the same as they do in quantum experiments. They are spread out over a region of space existing in their intrinsic matter wave state, and appear only briefly as particles when a lightning bolt or measurement device extracts energy from the quantum system. In the storm cloud analogy the earth acts as a giant measurement device extracting energy from a quantum system, causing particles to appear very briefly in the form of a lightning bolt. Prior to the lightning strike, the lightning bolt could be viewed as existing in a superposition of many lightning bolts that could transfer energy to many different places on earth, analogous to an electron existing in a superposition of many electrons that could transfer energy to many different places in space. The wave equations describing the lightning bolt will suddenly "collapse" and become useless because they no longer describe the current state of the cloud after the lightning bolt strike. When a measurement occurs, matter waves "collapse" from their intrinsic spread out wave state in order to concentrate and transfer a portion of their energy to a measurement device, which always transfers in specific quanta of energy and at a specific point in space and time, causing our instruments to detect a particle in the classical sense. Particles and lightning bolts exist in the classical sense only momentarily during energy transfer events, rendering moot the wave equations that previously described the quantum system. The idea that particles or lightning bolts literally exist in a "superposition of states" is an antiquated view leftover from the classical physics era when particles were considered to be tiny 3D objects that had permanent existence with measurable properties. Neither particles nor lightning bolts have permanent existence nor do they have specific measurable properties when not transferring energy. Neither particles nor lightning bolts literally exist in multiple places at the same time; it is their intrinsic energy waves that are literally spread out over a region of space. Thinking that particles can exist in multiple places at once is a view that denies the intrinsic wave nature of matter. Matter waves are what actually exists, particles are energy transfer between matter waves. The Central Importance of the Electromagnetic Force in Scientific Investigation The electromagnetic force is the primary force of nature used to study the universe from a scientific standpoint. Consider the fact that there are no instruments that can directly detect the strong nuclear force nor the weak nuclear force. We infer the existence of both nuclear forces based on theoretical models that predict the behaviors of electromagnetic traces captured from collisions in particle accelerators. While inferential electromagnetic evidence is not as strong as direct evidence for these nuclear forces, the accuracy and explanatory value of the theoretical models are sufficiently robust for scientists to conclude that these forces exist and thus are considered settled science. This bears repeating - we cannot directly measure the strong nuclear force nor the weak nuclear force; the only evidence scientists have for their existence comes from the electromagnetic signatures of matter interactions. Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity explains gravity as the curvature of spacetime in the presence of mass. The first confirmation of relativity theory came in 1919 when Arthur Eddington measured the bending of star light during a solar eclipse. This evidence was based entirely on analyzing photons, the carriers of the electromagnetic force, emitted from distant stars. Subsequent confirmations involved the analysis of a variety of astronomical phenomena, all of which involve sophisticated electromagnetic detection systems. Relativity theory predicted the presence of gravitational waves, which were experimentally confirmed by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO), an electromagnetic detection system that uses lasers. Quantum physicists have spent the past century searching for gravitons, hypothetical quantum particles that might carry the gravitational force, but no such particles have been found. And how have scientists been trying to detect gravitons? You guessed it, by looking for their electromagnetic signatures in particle accelerators, in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) detectors, and in cosmic events. The fact that the electromagnetic force is central to virtually all scientific investigation is not fully appreciated by the scientific community. Every instrument used by astrophysicists to study the cosmos is based on capturing electromagnetic information and correlating it to theories of the large-scale universe. The instruments used by doctors and neuroscientists to study our brains and internal organs (e.g. EEG, MEG, MRI, fMRI, PET scans, CAT scans, etc.) all capture electromagnetic information and correlate it to biological theories. Every imaging instrument used by microbiologists and physicists to study cells, molecules, atoms, and quantum scale phenomena is based on capturing electromagnetic information and correlating it to theories of the small-scale universe. In summary, every advanced scientific instrument used to study the universe from the largest to the smallest scales are based on capturing electromagnetic information and correlating it to theories relevant to the scale. It stands to reason that the only instruments capable of testing FMT will be based on capturing electromagnetic information and correlating it to the theory. Whether mind is a property of matter, a massless boson, or something else entirely, FMT must be evaluated based on inferential electromagnetic evidence combined with the theory’s ability to explain the evidence, including its ability to explain anomalous evidence that existing theories of mind fail to explain. For this reason, much of the discussion of fundamental mind going forward will focus on the electromagnetic signatures of mind operating at various scales of matter. When we refer to minds as combining electromagnetically, this should be viewed as consistent with both the property and particle hypotheses for fundamental mind combination. FMT is still in the development phase, and at some point along the way we will put forth specific testable predictions, a necessary requirement for any credible scientific theory. These predictions will no doubt be based on predicting the electromagnetic signatures of mind operating at various scales of matter. One such prediction along with a possible testing platform was put forth in my Cellular Mind book which combines lucid dreaming testing protocols with UPE detection equipment. Once the state-of-art UPE equipment gains the resolution and fidelity to measure cellular scale electromagnetic information exchange, the hypothesis put forth in that theory can be tested. Molecules Electromagnetically Combine Their Minds to Form Cellular Scale Minds Every living cell is densely packed with billions of molecules, each generating a tiny electromagnetic field arising from the electromagnetic attraction between the protons and electrons that hold the molecule together. Billions of these tiny electromagnetic fields will collectively combine to form a unified and integrated electromagnetic field that surrounds and pervades the entire cell, increasingly being called biofields or bioelectric fields by the scientists who study them. This is analogous to the electromagnetic field detected by EEGs that surrounds and pervades the 87 billion neurons in the human brain and nervous system, just at a much smaller scale and many orders of magnitude weaker. Molecular structures such as centrioles, mitochondria, microtubules, DNA, mTor, and other molecules have been found to emit and absorb photons, evidence of energy and/or information exchange via cell-wide biofields. Biologists have identified a bewildering array of electromagnetic signals traveling between these molecules, signals that have been found to orchestrate the vast array of biological processes necessary to keep the cell alive. Scientists struggle to explain where and how these signals are generated, how the molecules that receive the signals know how to decode them, and how these signals lead to a range of possible actions that vary based on the content of the signals. The hypothesis that subcellular molecular structures have minds that communicate and coordinate their activities with one another offers an explanation for these currently unexplained behaviors. While the idea that molecules have minds will no doubt be viewed by some readers as simply impossible, these readers should recognize that the evidence cited on this website represents just a tiny fraction of the massive amount of evidence that exists in scientific literature related to molecular signaling, communications, and behaviors that appear intelligent yet lack any known causal driver under existing scientific paradigms. The preponderance of evidence not only fits with the Fundamental Mind Theory (FMT) hypothesis, FMT provides an explanation for a myriad of anomalous evidence that existing scientific theories simply cannot explain. This is why it is important to view the FMT evidence and theory with an open mind that is not limited by the unproven metaphysical views of materialism that are embedded deep within modern scientific paradigms. The cold hard truth is that many scientists and philosophers fail to recognize there is no scientific theory of mind based on the metaphysical views of materialism, which requires mind to somehow emerge from physical processes in complex matter structures such as brains. Materialism is a set of metaphysical assumptions that remain unproven by scientific experiment, no different than every other metaphysical view. Once a metaphysical view is proven by science, it ceases to be metaphysical and becomes part of physics. Despite what many scientists and philosophers may believe, science is not restricted to materialist metaphysics since science is about the objective search for truth, not a subjective search limited by unproven metaphysical assumptions. The scientific method is a tool for exploring the universe and scientific theories and equations predict the behavior of matter and energy in the universe at any scale. Consider intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs), molecules that are in constant motion which scientists describe as “intrinsically disordered” because they lack a stable shape. But immediately before an IDP enters into a chemical reaction, it suddenly takes on the specific shape required to facilitate the specific reaction. At the same time a large number of molecules converge on the IDPs to form a phase separated droplet that surrounds the IDPs, providing an isolated environment and supporting atoms and charged ions to facilitate the reaction. Once the reaction occurs, the molecules that formed droplet quickly disperse. As discussed previously, a core "assumption" of modern science is that the most fundamental layer of reality is driven by “random” quantum processes Since IDPs and droplets are small enough to be influenced by quantum processes, random quantum processes should lead to random movements of IDPs and droplets. Indeed, this is one explanation for the intrinsic disorder of IDP shapes. Yet the seemingly intelligent behaviors of IDPs and droplets appear to be anything but random. Assuming their behaviors are driven by “random” quantum processes is simply naive and unscientific considering that millions of IDPs inside each cell are constantly taking on a variety of highly specific shapes unique to each reaction, are surrounded briefly by spontaneously forming droplets, and are precisely timed to facilitate a myriad of specific, complex, and integrated biological processes that are necessary to keep each cell alive. Consider that there are billions of molecules inside each cell engaged in millions of chemical reactions every second, which means modern scientific theory is predicated on the assumption that countless octillions of simultaneous random quantum processes are consistently causing the highly coordinated behaviors of billions of molecules inside each of your 30 trillion cells to maintain homeostatic processes that are far from equilibrium. Or we can accept the simpler explanation that the evidence suggests that molecules behave intelligently, communicating and coordinating their actions to keep their shared ecosystem - the cell - functioning properly. The scientific literature discussing both cellular and subcellular processes and signals is full of comments related to cells and molecules that "self-assemble" and/or "self-replicate." When scientists use these terms it means they cannot explain the process being studied as being driven by known scientific principles. If they could they wouldn't need to use words imply that molecules and cells behave as if they have a "self" that is building a structure that cannot be explained by existing science. "Epi-genetics" is another increasingly used term in scientific literature, this one referring to inheritable traits, memory, and/or complex processes that do not involve DNA, thus cannot be explained by existing theories of DNA and gene expression. "Epi" means "beyond" hence epigenetics means "beyond genetics." There are a number of epigenetic frameworks that describe epigenetic phenomena, but none of these frameworks are based on the principles and theories of chemistry and/or physics, hence they "describe" the phenomena as opposed to "explain" the phenomena. Consider that scientists have been watching cells divide in their microscopes for centuries. The molecules and organelles inside a fertilized human egg cell "self-replicate" and divide into two cells. The cells continue "Self-replicating" and "self-assemble" into a fetus over nine months. Scientists have imaged and described this process in incredible detail. Yet despite having a front-row seat, no theory has been developed to explain how cells can "self-replicate" nor "self-assemble" using scientific theories and principles. Scientists can watch cells create new life from a collection of non-living molecules in their microscopes but they cannot explain how this occurs using science. Before we can hope to explain how the first living cells emerged from non-living matter approximately 3 billion years ago, we first need to explain how new living cells are created from non-living matter 3 million times every second inside each of our bodies. Another increasingly used term in scientific literature discussing cellular and subcellular processes is "basal cognition." Basal means "base level" or "fundamental level" hence attributing phenomena to basal cognition effectively means attributing it to a base level or fundamental mind. E pigenetics, self-assembly, self-replication, and basal cognition are therefore terms that attribute various phenomena to unknown factors that have not been yet been explained by science. It is crystal clear to any scientists who can take a step back and look at the evidence from biology from a metaphysically agnostic vantage point, that the only conclusion that can be drawn is that we need new biophysical theories in order to explain life and mind. Consider our DNA, which contains templates for making proteins, the primary molecules used to build and operate cells. DNA encodes genes, but no genes have been found to encode information that specifies humans should have 2 hands, sensory systems, an array of internal organs, a brain in the head, nor that humans should even have a head. Genes do not specify whether cells should have organelles, membranes, or a nucleus. Genes do not specify the shapes, sizes, functions, nor locations of any subcellular, cellular, organ, or bodily-scale structure or function. DNA is a storage system for materials used to build and operate cells. It does not contain any blueprints nor instructions for building or operating organelles, cells, organs, or organisms. Consider what a gene literally is, a sequence of molecules typically strewn across multiple strands of DNA that were found to correlate with various bodily features such as the 16 genes that collectively encode eye color. The 16 genes are not located next to one another on the same chromosome, but instead are scattered along and across multiple chromosomes. The genes encode 16 different proteins that when blended together produce a particular shade of blue, brown, or green in the retinal cells of the human eye. Note that no genes were found that provide instructions that tell the molecules that are building a retinal cell where to find the proteins in the genome, how much of each protein to use when building the retinal cell, how many or where to build retinal cells, nor what eye parts the retinal cells must be attached to produce a working eye. Yet the molecules building retinal cells somehow know the correct quantity of each protein to use and where to find them on the various chromosomes. And the retinal cells somehow know how and where to combine themselves into a 3-dimensional structure with the correct shape-diameter-thickness of a retinal cell and what other parts to attach the retina to. There are no scientific laws or theories that can explain how molecules can build and operate subcellular structures. DNA is similar to a list of construction materials (such as steel, wood, copper, aluminum, concrete, and glass) that are needed to construct an office building. The view that DNA encodes deterministic blueprints and instructions for constructing and operating cells has long been rendered obsolete yet continues to be taught in biology classes and much of the scientific community still believes it to be true. Believing our DNA is a blueprint for building and operating a human is akin to believing that the list of construction materials (steel, wood, copper, aluminum, concrete, glass, rubber, plastic etc.) contains blueprints for building and operating an office building, including all of the complex electrical, electronic, plumbing, HVAC, architectural features, windows, and so forth. If one is open to the possibility that DNA has a mind that communicates and coordinates its activity with the other molecules inside cells, we suddenly have a possible explanation for the seemingly intelligent behaviors of the complex microscopic world inside our cells. Since DNA is one of the largest and most electromagnetically active molecules inside cells, it clearly plays an important and central role in guiding cellular activity. DNA is simply far more intelligent than modern science recognizes, which is as a molecule with zero intelligence that stores information. Cognition and Agency as a Proxy for Mind Cellular Mind defines an organism as having a mind if it demonstrates cognition and agency that cannot be explained by existing science. The Oxford dictionary defines cognition as “the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses." Agency is defined in the Oxford dictionary as an “action or intervention, especially such as to produce a particular effect.” Cognition is a proxy for mind and agency is a proxy for the mind’s ability to influence the behavior of physical structures. FMT extends this definition beyond what science generally considers an "organism" by applying it to all forms of matter. FMT asserts that molecules such as kinesin demonstrate cognition and agency that cannot be explained by existing science, concluding that it has a mind, and thus mind exists at the scale of molecules. An objective assessment absent all metaphysical biases and assumptions, of the enormous amount of molecular and cellular scale evidence demonstrating cognition and agency at all scales of life and now at the molecular scale, led Jon Lieff and I to conclude that mind exists at the scales of molecules and cells. We consider evidence of intelligent goal directed behavior and active communication between independent matter structures as requiring both cognitive skills and agency, our proxies for mind in a matter structure. The evidence clearly shows that cognition, agency, and communications are widespread phenomenon in nature, existing at the scales of humans, animals, insects, plants, fungi, single cell life, “non-living” viruses, and molecules inside cells. This led us to take a quantum leap and assume this pattern would continue one scale lower into the quantum realm, concluding that the cognitive agency of mind must be a fundamental aspect of the universe. Ask yourself if it seems more likely that the highly complex and coordinated behaviors of kinesin will one day be shown to be the result of "completely random” quantum processes that are not in pursuit of any goal whatsoever, or whether they point to an intelligent, non-random, goal-directed processes operating at the quantum scale. FMT asserts that mind exists in all scales of matter. Minds combine to form more complex minds as matter structures combine to form more complex matter structures. This is true from elementary particles to humans, the most complex configuration of matter in the known universe. We'll conclude with a quote from a 500 BCE Greek philosopher/mathematician who recognized the increasingly complex mind that appears in matter as it combines and scales into more complex forms. “Consciousness sleeps in the stone, dreams in the plant, awakes in the animal, and slowly becomes aware of itself in man.” -- Pythagoras Return to Theory Page

Searching For Mind explores the scientific and philosophical evidence of mind in nature. Click images to view posts discussing scientific evidence that suggests mind exists at different scales of the universe. Humans Does the human brain create the human mind? Animals & Insects Might all organisms with brains have minds? Plants & Fungi Can organisms without a brain still have a mind? Eukaryote Cells Do the cells that form human bodies have minds? Microrganisms Could single cell microbes have minds? Organelles Do the components of cells have minds? Viruses Might "non-living" matter such as viruses have minds? Molecules Is it possible that even molecules have minds? Science & Philosophy What mysteries remain in science & philosophy of mind? Fundamental Mind Theory Could mind be a fundamental aspect of the universe? Most Recent Posts Want to see our latest posts across all categories? Sign Up for New Blog Notifications Enter Your Email* Subscribe Contact Jon and/or Mike * Name * Email * Message Submit

Fundamental Mind Theory (FMT) uses scientific evidence to build an argument and theory for mind being a fundamental aspect of our universe. Fundamental Mind Theory (FMT) After reviewing the evidence for mind at various scales of matter, we conclude that the most logical hypothesis is that mind must be a fundamental aspect of the universe. We further conclude that minds combine into more complex forms as matter combines into more complex forms. Fundamental Mind Theory (FMT) is a scientific hypothesis which resolves mysteries in science and philosophy that have existed for centuries. This page provides a summary of FMT that will evolve over time as the theory is refined. The complete theory is expected to be published as a joint sequel to our books in late 2027. Cells communicate, collaborate, and solve problems - evidence of cellular scale cognition and agency that cannot be explained by existing science, which we view as evidence of cellular scale mind. Cells can also electromagnetically combine their minds to form the more complex minds of multicellular organisms. Our books provide a scientific foundation for our search for mind deeper in matter. Secret Language of Cells Cellular Mind How Minds Combine Asserting that minds can combine faces the classic "Combination Problem." Two solutions are proposed which use existing scientific theory to demonstrate that rudimentary minds can combine to form more complex minds. The only assumption required is that universal scientific laws that apply to matter and energy should apply equally to mind from the quantum scale to the human scale. How Minds Combine Molecular Mind Scientists have found that even molecules inside cells can communicate, collaborate, and solve problems - evidence of molecular scale cognition and agency that cannot be explained by existing science, suggesting mind exists at the molecular scale. The subcellular world can best be understood as a society of molecular scale minds collaborating to keep their cellular ecosystem alive. Molecular Mind The central mystery in quantum physics is the "Observer Effect" where simply observing or measuring quantum scale matter influences the behavior of that matter. This mystery exists because quantum theory has not defined observation or measurement. By defining mind as an observer, FMT enables the collective mind of any matter structure to influence the behavior of its physical structure. Mind Influences Matter Mind Influences Matter Quantum Mind The quantum vacuum is the fundamental substrate of our universe. This highly energetic substrate grounds, powers & connects all matter and energy in the universe. Since FMT posits mind is fundamental, logic dictates the quantum substrate must also ground, power & connect all minds in the universe. Quantum Mind Coming Summer 2026 The FMT blog contains posts that assume the reader is familiar with the details of the theory on this page. Visit the FMT Blog We would love to hear your comments, suggestions, critical and/or constructive feedback, etc. * Name * Email * Message Submit

Introducing Jon Lieff & Mike Rowen, co-founders of SearchingForMind.com, and collaborators on the development of Fundamental Mind Theory, which asserts that mind is a fundamental aspect of our universe. About Searching For Mind Searching For Mind is a website & blog focused on the cross-disciplinary scientific evidence related to consciousness in any form and at every scale of reality. The blog was started in 2012 by neuroscientist Dr. Jon Lieff and was focused primarily on the communications occurring between and within cells, culminating in Jon's book The Secret Language of Cells in 2020. Jon's book discusses the compelling scientific evidence for a complex cellular scale language that science has yet to decode, evidence that individual cells have minds that communicate and collaborate with other cells. In 2024 Jon met Mike Rowen, independent researcher and author of Cellular Mind . Mike's book presents "Cellular Mind Theory" (CMT) which argues that the human mind is not generated by the brain, but by the 30 trillion cells that form the human body. CMT leverages modern scientific evidence from neuroscience, cell biology, and physics to explain how cellular scale minds can electromagnetically combine to form the human mind. Jon & Mike have been collaborating since they met, exploring scientific evidence for mind below the scale of cells including molecular and quantum scale matter. They are now developing Fundamental Mind Theory (FMT) which uses scientific evidence to support their hypothesis that mind is a fundamental aspect of our universe. This website will provide a rigorous scientific review of the evidence supporting their evolving theory, with the full theory expected to be published in a joint sequel in 2027 likely to be titled Searching For Mind . Jon Lieff Jon Lieff MD is a pioneer in synthesizing the latest scientific discoveries in molecular biology, cellular biology, medical science, and neuroscience. He is a groundbreaking integrator of the fields of biology, neuroscience, medicine, neurology, and psychiatry, a creative innovator of major health programs, and consultant to biomedical companies. His medical degree is from Harvard Medical School and his BA in mathematics is from Yale University. He is past president of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry and a co-founder the major journal The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. Dr. Lieff wrote an award winning blog on his website SearchingfortheMind.com and wrote the pioneering book, The Secret Language of Cells, which Andrew Weil MD called “a new paradigm for understanding health and disease” and Ray Kurzweil called “a must read… to understand modern biology and advanced medical science.” Jon's Story Mike Rowen Mike is a retired electrical engineer, business strategy consultant, corporate executive, entrepreneur, and holder of 20 U.S. patents. He has a lifelong passion for science and has been following leading-edge developments in quantum physics, neuroscience, biology, cosmology, and consciousness research for more than 40 years. His career success has always been rooted in his creative problem-solving skills combined with rigorous, fact-based analytical and logical reasoning. One of his retirement goals is to apply his skills to scientific mysteries that he has been pondering for decades — specifically, the human mind, the origin of life, the origin of the universe, and the nature of reality at the quantum scale. He chose the human mind as his first target which resulted in his book Cellular Mind. The book connects the evidence from neuroscience and cellular biology to make the case that each of the 30 trillion cells that form your body has a mind that experiences the world inside your body. It also argues that your cells electromagnetically combine their cellular-scale minds to form your human-scale mind which experiences the world outside of your body. Mike's Story Contact Contact * Name * Email * Message Submit

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Discover the groundbreaking cellular intelligence book by Dr. Jon Lieff. Learn how cellular communication impacts health and disease. The Secret Language of Cells by Dr. Jon Lieff, M.D. 4.5 Stars Buy Right now, both your inner and outer worlds are abuzz with chatter among living cells of every possible kind—from those in your body and brain to those in the environment around you. From electrical alerts to chemical codes, the greatest secret of modern biology, hiding in plain sight, is that all of life’s activity boils down to one thing: communication. In The Secret Language of Cells, physician and neuroscientist Jon Lieff lets us listen in on these conversations and reveals their significance for everything from mental health to cancer. He explains the surprising science of how very different cells—bacteria and brain cells, blood cells and viruses—all speak the same language. This overarching principle has been long overlooked because scientific journals use impenetrable jargon that is difficult to understand across disciplines, much less by the general public. Dr. Lieff presents a fascinating and accessible look into cellular communication science—a groundbreaking and comprehensive exploration of this biological phenomenon. During infections, immune T cells tell brain cells that we should “feel sick” and lie down. Cancer cells warn their community about immune and microbe attacks. Gut cells talk with microbes to determine which are friends and which are enemies, and microbes talk with each other and with much more complicated human cells in ways that determine which medicines work and which will fail. With applications for immunity, chronic pain, weight loss, depression, cancer treatment, and virtually every aspect of health and biology, the scientific findings about cellular communication revealed in this book are revolutionizing our understanding not just of disease, but of life itself. The Secret Language of Cells is required reading for anyone interested in following the conversation. Your cells are talking about you. Praise for The Secret Language of Cells “The Secret Language of Cells takes us on an exciting journey into a world where we can visualize elaborate conversations among immune cells, brain cells, gut cells, bacteria, and even viruses. Dr. Lieff gives a wealth of examples for his thesis that this cellular signaling is the basis of life. It is a must read for anyone seeking to understand modern biology and advanced medical science. It is equally important for those of us who wonder, as I do, how this ubiquitous information transfer in the form of cellular conversations might be related to the emergence of intelligence and consciousness.” —Ray Kurzweil, inventor, author, and futurist “The Secret Language of Cells explains the complex ways that cells in the body communicate and presents a new paradigm for understanding health and disease. It also suggests new possibilities for treatment and for promoting healing. I’m pleased that my former Harvard colleague, Jon Lieff, has written this important book.” —Andrew Weil, MD, director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, professor at University of Arizona College of Medicine, and author “Through a brilliant synthesis of cellular biology, microbiology, immunology and neuroscience, The Secret Language of Cells offers a lucid explanation of the marvelous intricacies of cellular life. The result is a masterful exploration of the profound implications of cellular intelligence for understanding pathophysiology, human health and even our origins.” —William B. Miller, Jr., MD, physician, biologist, author of The Microcosm Within: Evolution and Extinction in the Hologenome, and internationally recognized expert on Cognition-Based Evolution “Jon Lieff’s description of cellular communication is insightful, provocative, illuminating, and engaging and provides deep and novel observations into the remarkable symphony of how life happens. Mimicking the cellular world he describes, Dr. Lieff is the great communicator and muse of living things. An inspiring and informative read.” —Ted Kaptchuk, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School “This journey into the dynamic realm of cellular conversations is a tour-de-force – fascinating, vital, and especially timely for understanding emerging viruses. As we learn about intelligence in smaller and smaller animals, it’s not surprising that the tiniest creatures – microbes and even viruses – exhibit elaborate communication and complex decision making. Read The Secret Language of Cells! “ —Marc Bekoff, PhD, professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder and author of Canine Confidential: Why Dogs Do What They Do “As a storyteller, my imagination is sparked by the insights Dr. Lieff brings to our innermost world and the mysteries at the edge of our understanding. The Secret Language of Cells reveals how the micro world reflects the macro, alive with heroes and villains, shapeshifters and tricksters, vigilant guards and gullible bystanders, helpers that commit suicide for the common good and warriors that seize the day or collapse from exhaustion. Lieff’s fascinating exploration inspires awe for the astonishing dialogues and clarion calls at the heart of the intelligence within.” —Antonia Felix, EdD, MFA, New York Times bestselling author “Calling all physicians, microbiologists, medical students and fellow science enthusiasts- you’re going to love The Secret Language of Cells! This book reveals fascinating ongoing conversations between cells, bacteria and viral particles that provide the basis for understanding growth, development, healthy biology and pathology. Perhaps more importantly, they provide the blueprint for novel interventions, treatments and cures for ailments ranging from chronic inflammatory diseases, to cancers and even viral infections. The COVID19 Pandemic has focused the world’s lens on the world of microbes like never before. Read this book and join the conversation.” —Jill Grimes, MD, family physician, speaker, author, and educator About The Author Dr. Jon Lieff is a neuropsychiatrist with a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from Yale University and a Doctorate in Medicine from Harvard Medical School. Known as an innovator in several medical fields, he pioneered the creation of integrated treatment units that focus on complex patients with combined medical, psychiatric, and neurological problems. He built some of the first geriatric medical/psychiatry hospital units, and the largest geriatric treatment network in New England, which he directed for twenty-five years. Furthermore, he is an expert and innovator in developing specialized, innovative treatment programs for brain-injured patients. A nationally recognized expert in the field of geriatric psychiatry, Dr. Lieff is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. While he was president of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP), he helped found the major journal in that field—the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry—and was a consulting editor of that publication for ten years. He helped found the Geriatric Psychiatry Committee and the High Technology Committee for the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society. He has been a member of several American Psychiatric Association committees and chaired their Committee on Telemedicine. For many years, in addition to his clinical work, Dr. Lieff has been researching the question of where mind can be found in nature. At first, his inquiry related to neuroscience and the interactions of psychiatric, neurological, and medical conditions. He then expanded his study to include intelligence in a wide range of animals, and eventually individual cells, microbes, and viruses. In order to share the results of his extensive research, Dr. Lieff developed this website, Searching for the Mind, where he provided weekly reviews of the latest research in neuroscience, molecular biology, microbiology, immunology, cancer, and related fields. This blog generated a large following in the scientific community, as well as among general readers. Many of his thousands of followers are physicians, scientists, professors, authors, and spiritualists; some of whom are editors of major journals. Because of Dr. Lieff’s ability to make complex scientific information easy to understand, he has been sought after for guest blogs on notable scientific websites and interviews on major national media sites and in print media. He has been interviewed on national and local radio and television programs, including 20/20, and has been quoted in Newsweek and People magazine. Dr. Lieff has written and edited books on geriatric psychiatry and wrote two of the first books on high technology in psychiatry for the American Psychiatric Press, Inc. He has published more than twenty professional articles and has lectured widely over the years on subjects such as neuropsychiatry, neuroscience, psychopharmacology, dementia, depression, and high technology in medicine. While on a three-year hiatus from writing new blog posts, Dr. Lieff wrote his latest book, The Secret Language of Cells, which synthesizes his twelve years of intensive analysis of the scientific literature in a manner that makes it clear and understandable for general science readers and scientific experts. Now that the book is completed, he has resumed writing new blog posts about cellular biology, neuroscience, and microbiology, with special emphasis on how conversations among cells determine all aspects of biology. Contact * Name * Email * Message Submit

Evidence that single cells behaves as if they have minds that experience their world. Individual cells actively communicate with other cells via a complex electro-chemical language that scientists are only in the earliest stages of trying to comprehend. The ability to communicate via complex language is a strong indicator of the presence of a mind. Keyword Search General Cellular Mind Dropdown New Page General Cellular Mind Blog Cellular Mind New Page New Page New Page Search Results 此語言尚未有已發佈之文章 文章發佈後將於此處顯示。

Evidence that single cells behaves as if they have minds that experience their world. Both membrane-bound organelles and membrane-less organelles have been found to communicate and coordinate their activities in complex highly ways that simply defy scientific explanation. The individual components that make up cells appear to have minds. Keyword Search General Cellular Mind Dropdown New Page General Cellular Mind Blog Cellular Mind New Page New Page New Page Search Results 此語言尚未有已發佈之文章 文章發佈後將於此處顯示。

Discussion of explanatory gaps in physics & philosophy at all scales of the universe, with a particular focus on the physics & philosophies of mind. There are many unsolved mysteries in science & philosophy from quantum to cosmic scales. This blog explores what science can and cannot tell us about these mysteries, a critical first step in being able to objectively consider the nature of life, mind, and our place in the universe. Keyword Search General Cellular Mind Dropdown New Page General Cellular Mind Blog Cellular Mind New Page New Page New Page Search Results 此語言尚未有已發佈之文章 文章發佈後將於此處顯示。

Evidence that viruses behave as if they have minds that experience their world. Viruses are considered a "non-living" form of matter because they lack metabolic processes. Yet viruses attack and take over much larger cells, reproduce, communicate, and coordinate their activity with viruses in other cells. These behaviors suggest that viruses have minds. Keyword Search General Cellular Mind Dropdown New Page General Cellular Mind Blog Cellular Mind New Page New Page New Page Search Results 此語言尚未有已發佈之文章 文章發佈後將於此處顯示。

The Secret Language of Cells and Cellular Mind are books that use scientific evidence to make the case that each living cell has a mind that experiences its world. The creators of Searching For Mind each wrote a book arguing that the incredibly intelligent behaviors demonstrated by cells is evidence that they have minds that experience their world. This is true for all cells, from the tiniest bacteria to the large and powerful neurons of the human brain. The books are complementary arguments that draw the same conclusion: E very form of life has a mind. "Your Cells are Talking About You" "Your Cells Create Your Mind, Not Your Brain" The Secret Language of Cells by Jon Lieff, MD Jon's book describes the myriad of complex communications that occur between cells and within cells. He makes the case that two cells communicating with each other requires a language that both cells understand, concluding that the ability to comprehend and use language is evidence that cells have minds that engage with other cells and their external world. Learn More Cellular Mind by Michael Rowen Mike's book discusses anomalous evidence from modern neuroscience and cellular biology which suggests that cells are not only the building blocks of our bodies, but are also the building blocks of our minds. Cellular Mind Theory (CMT) asserts that each of the 30 trillion cells of your body has a mind, which they electromagnetically combine to produce your human scale mind. Learn More