"Our currently accepted conceptions of the beginning of the universe postulate much more uniformity than exists now. One way entropy could increase in the universe is by the process of reduction of its state function by some other system. Since the universe, by definition, cannot have any other matter in it, it becomes essential to postulate a mechanism other than that of physical laws, which permits the state function to reduce. This other mechanism may be the working of the "consciousness principle" which can just by the process of "observation" increase entropy" - Subhash Kak, Quantum Physics of Consciousness

Subhash Kak is an Indian-American computer scientist and Vedic scholar. Born in Srinagar, Kashmir, Kak was educated in various places in Jammu and Kashmir. He completed his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He is an honorary visiting professor of engineering at Jawaharlal Nehru University, and a member of the Indian Prime Minister's Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC). Amongst his awards are Science Academy Medal of the Indian National Science Academy (1977), and Distinguished Alumnus of IIT Delhi (2002). Subhash Kak is Regents Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. Kak’s research has spanned the fields of information theory, cryptography, neural networks, and quantum theory. He is the inventor of a family of instantaneously trained neural networks (for which he received a patent) for which a variety of artificial intelligence applications have been found. He has argued that brain function is associated with three kinds of language: associative, reorganizational, and quantum. His discovery of a long-forgotten astronomy of ancient India that has been called “revolutionary” and “epoch-making” by scholars. In 2019, the Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India, for his contributions on the history of mathematics, science, ancient astronomy and philosophy of science. Kak was the first to look for information metric for a quantum state over thirty years ago. His work on quantum information includes the only all-quantum protocol for public-key cryptography. He has written on the limitations on the capabilities of quantum computers and proposed a new measure of information for quantum systems. This work as well as his proposed resolution of the twin paradox of relativity theory have received considerable attention in the popular press. Subhash is the author of 20 books which include In Search of the Cradle of Civilization, The Nature of Physical Reality, The Architecture of Knowledge, and Mind and Self. Apart from technical work, he has written on Indian science, yoga and art. He is also the author of 6 books of verse. The distinguished Indian scholar Govind Chandra Pande compared his poetry to that of William Wordsworth. His work has been showcased in the popular media including Discovery and History channels, PBS, Dutch Public TV, and in documentaries on music and yoga. See Subhash's fantastic book of poetry Path of Light and Shadow. Contact Subhash at subhash.kak@okstate.edu. Connect with Subhash on: