The Emergence of Space-time and the Emergence of Consciousness: Could They Be One and the Same? A Comment on Schneider and Bailey's 'Superpsychism'
Abstract
In 'Superpsychism', Susan Schneider and Mark Bailey (this issue) propose that space-time and ordinary (human-level) consciousness both emerge from a fundamental, non-spatio-temporal level of reality consisting of a network of maximally coherent, zero entropy quantum entanglement relations, termed prototime, which also instantiates a fundamental form of consciousness, termed superconsciousness. We raise some objections to this view, considered as an explanation or reduction of space-time, as an interpretation of quantum mechanics, and as a theory of consciousness, questioning the extent of its explanatory advantages in each of these areas.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Philosophy and Theoretical Science
Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
Quantum Mechanics and Applications
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Journal of Consciousness Studies
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 127–146
- Publication date
- 1 February 2026
- Language
- EN