title: Fractals and the irreducibility of consciousness in plants and animals.
abstract: In both plants and animals consciousness is fractal. Since fractals can only pass information in one direction it is impossible to extrapolate backward to find the rule that governs the fractal. Thus, similarly, it will be impossible to completely determine the rule or rules that govern consciousness.
authors.affiliation: The School of Biological Sciences; The University of Sydney; Sydney, NSW Australia.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gardiner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003243:Consciousness / Q000502:physiology*; D017709:Fractals; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena
keywords: EEG; consciousness; development; fractal; microtubule