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  • Quantum Physics
  • Evolutionary Biology

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  • Current visual perception models assume objective reality, independent of the observer.
  • Evolutionary biology and quantum physics challenge the existence of pre-existing physical truths.
  • Perception is driven by adaptive behavior, not necessarily by objective truth.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To reformulate current models of object perception.
  • To introduce a formal model of consciousness as interacting "conscious agents."
  • To explore the emergence of object and space-time perception from conscious agent dynamics.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing evolutionary games and genetic algorithms to study perceptual evolution.
  • Developing a formal model of consciousness with interacting conscious agents.
  • Analyzing the dynamics of these agents to understand emergent properties.

Main Results:

  • Natural selection favors perceptions tuned to fitness over objective truth.
  • Quantum physics interpretations suggest properties lack definite values when unobserved.
  • A model where particles are vibrations of interacting conscious agents is proposed.
  • Physical properties are reinterpreted as emergent from conscious agent interactions.

Conclusions:

  • Current object perception models require fundamental reformulation.
  • Conscious agents and their interactions offer a new framework for understanding perception.
  • This approach may extend to relativistic quantum and macroscopic objects.