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Very interesting and Thank You for allowing to comment. I think the human sensory system and the machines it designs for observation are classical in one way and detect what they are designed to detect. Detection is interaction. And as RPFeynman put it "All mass/matter is interaction. So whatever interacts is detectable. If anything is beyond the detection system/ detection limit it ceases to exist for the detector. So one has to guess. My guess is possibilities and probabilities are infinite and the human sensory system and machines designed by it are observing a sliver of reality. May be Artificial intelligence linked to a probe/sensor with alternate/all possible arrangements of atom can detect different dimensions/many worlds. I think with present technology we are missing the woods for the trees. Consciousness or mind emerging from the brain (a certain arrangement of atoms) which directly observes or designs instruments for observation is only one method of detection.

Anthropocentric bias

Thinking in hierarchies is an anthropocentric bias.

Anthropocentrism-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropocentrism

 This thinking is in contrast to "integrative /systems thinking" which is inclusive, sees the whole instead of diving into parts and arranging in a hierarchy.

Anthropomorphism-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropomorphism

Apes have it all-http://nautil.us/issue/70/variables/empathy-morality-community-cultureapes-have-it-all

Anthropomorphism as  cognitive bias-https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/694039?journalCode=phos

What is life ?

Hypothesis - Life is the irreversible exchange of energy of a living organism/system with its environment. Exchange of energy with the environment such as in breathing maintains life. When this exchange ceases to occur living organisms decay and die.
The energy patterns may be compared to information and the energy exchange compared to information processing.
 The evaporation of water may be compared to the above i.e. exchange of energy with the environment, however it is a reversible process.
Is this irreversible process of energy exchange related to the rise of complexity (through phase transition) of living organisms and the unidirectional arrow of time ?

A-Dvaita/Non-Dual- A Scientific Explanation

Relation between Mind, Atman, Brahman
Mind/Phenomenal Self [3D(dimension)+1D]-------Emergent Constructed Self-Experiences subjectively
Underlying Self (2D-vibratory fields in 2D)-------Atman/Self Awareness-Silent Witness to subjective experience
Entangled fields (1D)-------Brahman (Universal awareness)-Non vibratory-Still awareness
The underlying self is in 2 dimensions which projects/vibrates itself  on a holographic screen in 3D to form the emergent self/mind.

Insights of Advaita

What if the 2D and the 3D states which are superposed on the energy field at 1D cancel out when the holographic screen dissolves through disentanglement.This can occur during meditation when the eyes are closed and there is no observation or entanglement between observer and observed. The "screen of the mind" or the extra dimension arises only if the mind is active which occurs via sensory input (the brain). If there is no sensory input, cognition and cogitation then the mind settles/calm  down. The silent observer or underlying self in 2D is revealed. 

A-dvaita  (Non-dual): Atman(2D) =Brahman(1D)

The brain is  an arrangement of atoms like an object. The mind  is a 3D holographic projection of information functioning through the brain giving rise to subjective experience.  The 2D self-(Atman)  is the silent witness to the subjective experience.   The material objects are  3D projections of information appearing only when the mind perceives them.

The multiverse
The multiverse comprises of energy fields (sphere of influence) for concentrated energies which are in equilibrium i.e symmetry exists in continuum in 1D.
Through perturbations/vibrations of these fields, symmetry is broken to give rise to complementary pairs of vibrating strings, and the material universe arises at the 2D level which carries information. These complementary pairs of vibratory strings are entangled. Projection of this information (entanglement information and the vibratory state of the particles themselves) occurs ,onto another set of complementary entangled strings (the entanglement and vibrations are lower in this case, thus this set of particles is more flat-like a screen compared to the projected information) results in a 3D universe/multiverse (uni/multiverse depending on the interaction with the observer).
So "All mass is interaction is satisfied". This occurs at the 3D level.
The mathematics is the calculations of these vibratory energies and entanglement amounts.
Levels of existence:
The Multiverse is at the 3D level.
The emergent phenomenal consciousness is at the 3D level, emerging from the brain i.e vibratory states and entanglement information projected from and to the brain, the brain acting as a source of information as well as a holographic screen. (The manifest image-Time is fundamental, Cause and effect-Transfer of information )
The underlying consciousness (Atman) is at the 2D level.(The scientific image-Time is emergent, only patterns, no cause and effect).

Phase transition

Energy=mass X velocity of light (squared)

Isn't that a phase transition ? Energy mass equivalence.

Memes-Conditioning

Can one say that cultural memes propagate because of social conditioning ?

Meme-an element of a culture or system of behaviour passed from one individual to another by imitation or other non-genetic means.

Conditioning, in physiology, a behavioral process whereby a response becomes more frequent or more predictable in a given environment as a result of reinforcement, with reinforcement typically being a stimulus or reward for a desired response.  They are based on the assumption that human behaviour is learned.

Cancer-Free energy principle

The free energy principle tries to explain how (biological) systems maintain their order (non-equilibrium steady-state) by restricting themselves to a limited number of states.^[1] It says that biological systems minimise a free energy functional of their internal states, which entail beliefs about hidden states in their environment. (source wikipedia).

Is it possible that in cancer, during the process of tumorigenesis and metastases the free energy is maximised leading from order to disorder ?