Yes, thought is energy. We might say the news isn't terribly shocking, as the definition/explanation is that neuronal activity in the brain involves electrical and chemical, or electrochemical, energy. But current knowledge has been limited to a scientific paradigm that has been established for several years. We're discussing this today with two researchers, Dr. Sabrina Ulivi, a clinical psychologist and expert in psychoneuroimmunomodulation, and Dr. Giovanni Cozzolino, an epigeneticist and social psychologist, who have been studying human behavior and its infinite facets, especially those related to the neurobiological system, for years.
Thought has its own form and substance. What is it made of, and how can we better understand the complexity of relationships between individuals?
“The theory underlying the assertion that thought is made up of “quanta” (subatomic particles) is largely indirectly confirmed, given the current impossibility of empirically verifying its validity, and therefore somehow managing to “see” thought. We can define its form, its space in the world and in the universe,“ the two researchers affirm. ”It is made up of “particles” of subatomic size equal to that of a set of electrons connected to each other by the same energy. To be sophistical, with the intention of allowing the reader to imagine what measurements we are talking about, we could say that a ”quantum” of thought (that is, a particle that makes up our thought, no matter which one, nor what type it is) has a mass equal to a billionth, a billionth, a billionth, a billionth of a kilogram... And that would be like saying that it is comparable to a mass 100,000 times smaller than an eyelash.”
But it's not enough to imagine a particle of thought. How can we do so, if it has the form, as stated, of a "fractal"?
“"Just to explain better: a fractal in mathematics is a body of undefined shape, in fact it is called "random" because it can vary over time, and which we can represent with the figure below as the closest to what is a fractal of energy, formed by a set of particles like, precisely, a cognitive process or simply put: a thought," the two researchers explain. In the complex journey of understanding what is the dimension of human memory, at a given point in the study and research on it, it appears absolutely necessary to approach the field of quantum physics. We will add that this "crossing the boundaries" does not appear as such in the pure sense of the term, but as a consequential and integral part of the broad field of neuroscience. The realities you are investigating are, therefore, an in-depth part of applied neuroscience. "This in-depth study goes beyond the currently known organic limit, approaching it with another threshold for the purpose of understanding, and discovering, these realities and their intimate genesis," they continue, "they are essentially 5," here placed in positions decreasing:
1)° the molecule
2)° the atom
3)°the electron (or subatomic particle)
4)° the orbitals and the furrows”: particles that trace their intertwining and overlapping in the granular reality of space-time
5)° environmental electromagnetic frequencies that continuously impact our organism.“
Very complex and immensely important concepts: does thought have its own matter, how shall I put it… its own physicality?
“The phenomenal complexity appears in all its vastness and, as we have already highlighted in previous writings, the difficult to describe limit of what was the basic theory on the development of the cognitive process, in other words on the construction of “thought” as we define it in current terms, becomes possible only by approaching it from an all-encompassing perspective, in a consilience of knowledge and skills,“ they continue. The latest studies on ”graphs“ come to our aid, because, as cited in the study by Bullmore and E. Sporns 2009, it is capable of: “..characterizing the activity and connectivity of the brain.
Graph theory can be defined as "the abstract representation of a network consisting of a set of vertices (or nodes) and a series of bridges. The presence of a bridge between two vertices indicates the presence of some kind of interaction or connection between them ... Harary, F. 1969".
And furthermore: Starting from this theory, then confirmed over the years by technological progress related to the neuroimaging Functionally, we hypothesized an underlying reality of an energetic nature, based on the granularity of space-time reality. A further hypothesis, following the first, is that following graph theory, that is, the set of furrows traced by electrons in the subatomic space of the molecules that make up neurons, gives rise to something definable as an energetic "fractal."“
For those who are not clear about the concept of fractal, we report this definition: “…A fractal It is a geometric object with internal homothety: it repeats its shape in the same way on different scales, and therefore by enlarging any part of it, a figure similar to the original is obtained. Fractal geometry is therefore the (non-Euclidean) geometry that studies these structures, which recur for example in the engineering design of networks, in Brownian motion and in the galaxies..” it was coined by Benoit Mandelbrot in 1975, in the book Les Objets Fractals: Forme, Hasard et Dimension
They are divided into three (3) types:
• Linear fractals
• Nonlinear fractals
• Random fractals
The ones that interest us, in this case, are the second ones: the non-linear ones.
According to a vision related to quantum physics, a science that is interested in understanding human thought as an "energetic object", its representation could be completely similar to this other depiction:
A theoretical image of an energetic fractal. Similarly, it could be the physical representation of a developing thought.
According to a vision related to quantum physics, a science that is interested in understanding human thought as an "energetic object", its representation could be completely similar to this other depiction:
Representation of the motion of particles of an energetic fractal, such as the formation of a human thought.
“The random shape shown in the figure is what is commonly called the "Brownian motion of subatomic particles." In fact, it represents the random motion of a set of particles (indicated by the arrows) moving in time and space. Indeed, if we think about how we formulate a thought, we discover that it can start from any input and then develop into a memory, a vision, an idea, a future plan, etc. The inputs that continually generate cognitive processes in us are energetic in nature. They are inextricably linked to electromagnetic frequencies of a light, sound, and tactile nature. Added to this is the sense of smell, which is mostly made up of particles of matter, while taste is perceived by the taste buds, which translate flavor via memory. Smell, in particular, is capable of eliciting sensations that then produce memories, and in their wake, cognitive processes. In other words, our thoughts.“
The images are eloquent, but do they explain this process, which draws our attention to another element: a signal reaching us via magnetic waves? Can we talk about an explanation of so-called telepathy or thought transmission?
“The images above are intended to be a hypothesis of a fractal energy process that produces a thought, and therefore a behavior. But they are not necessarily tied to the subatomic dimension alone. They can, in a very short time, also expand to vast areas of the brain, and the speed of this propagation can approach the speed of light, or close to it.
There are various possible hypotheses regarding the quantum dimension of memory. And few are certain, because approaching these phenomena requires study, in-depth observation, and an open mind, limitless in its understanding of the existence of new combinations between the quantum dimension and the organic dimension of neuroscience. Technological and purely cognitive progress will provide us with fascinating answers, provided we ask the right questions. And it can certainly be said that "certain messages" that reach our minds (to simplify) may be quantum in nature. Currently, there is no technology capable of allowing us to observe human thought in its formation and process, and its evolution over the span of seconds and minutes. If some technology is developed in the near future, we will be able to see that the energetic fractal that constitutes thought will be a shifting, multifaceted, and infinitely variable spectacle. And it will be much more than any demonstration of artificial intelligence, which in any case derives from a production of this."“
