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Preprint proposes consciousness as the primary substrate of reality, offering no empirical evidence

A non-peer-reviewed preprint by Amit Chai, deposited on Zenodo, argues that physical matter is a localized condensation of information projected from an underlying field of infinite consciousness, and that this framework resolves longstanding problems in physics including quantum wave function collapse, cosmological fine-tuning, and the Big Bang boundary condition.

September 2, 2026 · International Academy for Consciousness Studies

A non-peer-reviewed preprint by Amit Chai, deposited on Zenodo, argues that physical matter is a localized condensation of information projected from an underlying field of infinite consciousness, and that this framework resolves longstanding problems in physics including quantum wave function collapse, cosmological fine-tuning, and the Big Bang boundary condition. The paper further claims that modern theoretical physics, quantum information theory, and cosmology are structurally isomorphic to ancient Kabbalistic texts including the Sefer Yetzirah and the Zohar.

What the paper does not do is present empirical data, experimental design, datasets, or falsifiable predictions for any of its central claims. The abstract references computational verifications in the title but describes no methodology, simulations, or numerical results. The claims reviewed here rest on philosophical assertion, analogical mapping between physics concepts and religious texts, and theoretical redefinition of existing terms. The quality of evidence, assessed from the abstract alone, is very low.

The method is a non-empirical synthesis combining claimed mathematical formalism, Kabbalistic textual analysis, and philosophical argumentation. Where the paper borrows established physics constructs, such as the ER equals EPR conjecture of Maldacena and Susskind or Hawking-style no-boundary cosmology, it applies them within a Kabbalistic ontological framework without providing novel derivations or showing that the borrowed results carry over to the new context. The preprint has not undergone peer review.

The paper bears directly on the hard problem of consciousness by placing consciousness prior to matter rather than treating it as an emergent product of physical processes. That is a coherent philosophical position with a long history, but the text as described does not advance it with evidence that would allow the claim to be tested or refuted. Readers should treat this as a speculative theoretical proposal rather than a research finding.

Source: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22164040

Sources: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

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