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Starting with something 'small', then on to the entire universe in a future post…

Perhaps the brain is holographic in its experience and memory, as many have surmised from experiments on rats.

In the brain, past experience might serve as the reference beam. New incoming information is combined with the experiences (memories) of the past to create an interference pattern. Almost immediately, the new information becomes part of the reference beam and learning has occurred. As each new piece of information arrives at the brain, a new interference pattern is created and again becomes part of the reference background. This constantly shifting interference pattern provides the mind with a continually changing model of reality; however, what is the laser-like beam? Consciousness?