Does Quantum Mechanics Predict the Existence of a Soul?



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Submitted Dec 9, 2019
Published Dec 25, 2019
10.24018/ejphysics.2019.1.1.3

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A person may possess a body-soul duality that is an extension of the wave-particle duality of subatomic particles. Both dualities participate in the element of subjectivism in explaining reality. This element of reality represents the philosophical aspect but has been neglected by contemporary cosmologists, who focus on the results of observation. In this paper, I demonstrate the scientific evidences for body-soul duality and cite the recent discoveries in quantum mechanics and quantum information and conclude that the metaphysics of this duality can be derived from the laws of nature.

Keywords: Body-Soul, Consciousness, Contemporary cosmology, Dualism, Quantum field, Quantum information, Time reversal.

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