Discrete Process Model for Quantum Systems of Matter and Mind

Attempts to create a coherent scientific picture of the world as a whole on the basis of quantum physics has sped up at the turn of the millennium. There particularly seem to be expectations that the development of a new kind of quantum mechanics could make it possible to describe both matter and consciousness in one frame of reference (“dual aspect approach”). These ideas are often results of brilliant intuitive visions but as yet not able to produce testable hypotheses. Maybe “wave mechanics” is not very suitable in the study of consciousness from the quantum mechanical point of view. The aim of this article is to show how both the matter and the mind systems can be described with one coherent mathematical model if we assume both space and time to be discrete.     

STOCHASTIC PROCESS OF SOCIAL CONTACTS

R ainio , K. Stochastic process of social contacts. Scand. J. Psychol ., 1961, 2, 113–128.—The author applies Bush & Mosteller's stochastic learning model (Two Operator Model) to a social interaction situation, assuming that the probabilities which determine the choice of the individual with whom the contact is made change according to this model. Referring to Homans, the author assumes that experienced agreement of opinion is a rewarding and experienced disagreement of opinion a punishing factor (the former increases and the latter decreases the probability of choosing the same individual as the contactee). To test these hypotheses the author has developed a six-person laboratory test, in which the contact experiences can be controlled and systematically varied. The empirical results strongly support the hypotheses.