Consciousness is a mystery that has intrigued the human imagination for the past two thousand of years. Scientists and philosophers
have expressed a variety of views concerning this topic.
Consciousness plays a central role in our lives since that it enables one to deal with novelty, complexity and to solve problems. Although there is no single or universal definition of what it is or what it entails, it is generally accepted as. Despite the existing rich psychological data providing some insights on what is like to be conscious there is still much uncertainty on how consciousness should be defined.
Conscious
experience is intimately known to all human beings and yet its definition constitutes a real challenge. But why is it so difficult to come to grips with something which forms the basis of our everyday experience? One of the obvious reasons is the fact that “Consciousness” is a very broad and ambiguous term and it is used to refer to a myriad of phenomena. However, some approaches to consciousness may solve this problem by objectifying it. For instance, within Cognitive Psychology, consciousness is often linked to executive function, selective attention and working memory or other aspects of brain information processing.
In order to examine the ‘problem’ of consciousness scientifically one should examine thoroughly the very nature of physical reality. It is interesting to notice that the universe follows quite complex and paradoxical laws of quantum mechanics. For instance, all mater and energy exhibit both particle-like and wave-like properties, and sub atomic particles are some times connected over enormous distances, be in multiple places simultaneously and with time and space not existing.