Consciousness doesn’t collapse the wave function per se. Consciousness collapses an image of the wave function. The collapse is not a necessary function of the universe, it is a necessary function of consciousness of the universe. As a result, consciousness is always necessatrily slightly out of phase with physical reality.
Actual reality is not necessarily the same as what is needed to construct a comprehensible picture of reality. The inherent lack of one-to-one correspondence is most likely exactly what is neccessary for consciousness to exist.
Consciousness doesn’t collapse the wave function per se. Consciousness collapses an image of the wave function. The collapse is not a necessary function of the universe, it is a necessary function of consciousness of the universe. As a result, consciousness is always necessatrily slightly out of phase with physical reality.
Actual reality is not necessarily the same as what is needed to construct a comprehensible picture of reality. The inherent lack of one-to-one correspondence is most likely exactly what is neccessary for consciousness to exist.
A unified theory is an oxymoron.