Ego vs Awareness/consciousness

[simplexity]

My ego is omnipotent.

Maybe your ego is only a figment of my perceptions imagination.

the model in quantum theory which states that everything in our physical reality does not arise until it is perceived by an outside observer

It seems like that article is using the outdated Copenhagen interpretation.

Actually Phil it is not an outdated model as it is still only one of the possible models even today. We still don't know how to interpret wave/energy particle duality.

You could say the multiple universe model and the objective wave collapse models are more accepted but you can't say it's an outdated model. Here is an interesting article to read if you wish to know more about the different interpretations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpretat...e_theories

You see this all depends on what theory in psychology you're referring to. The concept of the "Ego" means many different things in psychology. Freud thought that the ego was a part of the brain that correlates with the Id and the super ego. Personally, I believe in the theory Freud came up with of the three parts of the subconscious mind working efficiently as a unit. But i also believe that the ego is our perception of ourselves and can easily be confused and dressed up as something else, if you will.

For me I tend to think of ego as only the perception of self. Perception itself is first "reaction" you get and is the true consciousness. Only later do you get a understanding of an ego in your mind. It makes since because first you perceive and then your mind reacts.

To my understanding effective cause only makes sense in temporal relationships above the quantum level. So it seems to me that the researchers have inappropriately carried over classical physic’s convenient fiction of ‘cause and effect’.

We still are not even close to understanding consciousness but the evidence seems to point into the realm of quantum self collapsing waves. When enough wave functions intertwine in the fabric of our minds the waves self collapse without a "cause".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mind