This author is making a HUGE leap when he generalizes quantum-scale phenomena to consciousness. As far as I know, there is very little compelling evidence that quantum mechanics is involved with our phenomenological experience of consciousness (Roger Penrose disagrees with me on this, but whatever).

The definition of consciousness used her is extremely vague, the author only makes reference to 'self awareness,' but even that is a load term. Are we talking about having a defined identity? Are we talking about the experience of being separate from the universe? Are we talking about simple self referential information processing? I'm not a physicist, so the answer may be buried in all that notation, but I missed it.

Blessings

~ND