Consciousness

Consciousness is perhaps the most puzzeling phenomenon that can be observed in the universe. It is a subject that has eluded even the most brilliant minds. The question is how can science which is about studying the physical world study something that is entirely subjective. Consciousness is such a complex topic where does it come from, and where does it go upon death. Roger Penrose world renowned physicist believes that consciousness is a part of the fabric of reality itself in his Orch-OR theory or orchestrated objective reduction theory in which he believes that once consciousness detaches itself from the brain it returns to the fabric of space, and time. Though this theory cannot currently be disproved it does not give definitive answers as to what consciousness is. Another hard problem is how the brain which is a quantum computer unify knowledge into conscious perception which is called the binding problem. Many scientists believe that gamma waves play an important part in the binding of information with conscious perception. The blue brain project aims to reverse engineer the human brain by 2025 when this is accomplished it may be possible to understand what consciousness is, and where it comes from. Though there is always the possibility that consciousness may never be fully understood.