Mindful Universe

Preface to the First Edition.- Preface to the Second edition.- Science Consciousness and  Human Values.- Human Knowledge as the Foundation Science.- Actions, Knowledge, and Information.- Nerve Terminals and the Need to Use Quantum Theory.- Templates for Action.- The Physical Effectiveness of Conscious Will and the Quantum Zeno Effect.- Support from Contemporary Psychology.- Application to Neuropsychology.- Roger Penrose’s Theory and Quantum Decoherence.- Non-Orthodox Versions of Quantum Theory.- The Basis Problem in Many-Worlds Theories.- Despised Dualism.- Whiteheadian Quantum Ontology.- Interview.- Consciousness and the Anthropic Questions.- Impact of Quantum Mechanics on Human Values.- Placebo: A Clinically Significant Quantum Effect.-  Science-Based Discussion of Free Will.- A.Gazzaniga’s The Ethical Brain.- B.Von Neumann: Knowledge, Information, and Entropy.- C. Wigner’s Friend and Consdciousness in Quantum Theory.- D. Orthodox Interpretation and the Mind-Brain Connection.- E. Locality in Physics.- F. Einstein Locality and Spooky Action at a Distance.- G. Nonlocality in the Quantum World.- References.- Index.