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Spin-Mediated Consciousness: Theory, Experimental Studies, Further Development & Related Topics
We postulate that consciousness is intrinsically connected to quantum spin
since the latter is the origin of quantum effects in both Bohm and Hestenes
quantum formulisms and a fundamental quantum process associated with the
structure of space-time. Applying these ideas to the particular structures and
dynamics of the brain, we have developed a detailed model of quantum
consciousness. We have also carried out experiments from the perspective of our
theory to test the possibility of quantum-entangling the quantum entities
inside the brain with those of an external chemical substance. We found that
applying magnetic pulses to the brain when an anaesthetic was placed in between
caused the brain to feel the effect of said anaesthetic as if the test subject
had actually inhaled the same. We further found that drinking water exposed to
magnetic pulses, laser light or microwave when an anaesthetic was placed in
between also causes brain effects in various degrees. Additional experiments
indicate that the said brain effect is indeed the consequence of quantum
entanglement. Recently we have studied non-local effects in simple physics
systems. We have found that the pH value, temperature and gravity of a liquid
in the detecting reservoirs can be non-locally affected through manipulating
another liquid in a remote reservoir quantum-entangled with the former. In
particular, the pH value changes in the same direction as that being
manipulated; the temperature can change against that of local environment; and
the gravity can change against local gravity. We suggest that they are mediated
by quantum entanglement between nuclear and/or electron spins in treated liquid
and discuss the profound implications of these results. This paper now also
includes materials on further development of the theory and related topics.Comment: 92 pages; expanded content; minor corrections; for additional
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Containers and Reproducibility in Scientific Research
Numerical reproducibility has received increased emphasis in the scientific community. One reason that makes scientific research difficult to repeat is that different computing platforms calculate mathematical operations differently. Software containers have been shown to improve reproducibility in some instances and provide a convenient way to deploy applications in a variety of computing environments. However, there are software patterns or idioms that produce inconsistent results because mathematical operations are performed in different orders in different environments resulting in reproducibility errors. The performance of software in containers and the performance of software that improves numeric reproducibility may be of concern for some scientists. An existing algorithm for reproducible sum reduction was implemented, the runtime performance of this implementation was found to be between 0.3x and 0.5x the speed of the non-reproducible sum reduction. Finally, to evaluate the impact of using a container on performance, the runtime performance of the WRF (Weather Research Forecasting) package was tested and found to be 0.98x of the performance in a native Linux environment
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