5.3 Physical Mechanism of Intuition: Language Is Low-Bandwidth Classical Channel (Routing over Grid), Intuition Is High-Bandwidth Quantum Channel (Tunneling through Wormhole Shortcut)

In the previous section, through ER=EPR theory, we physicalized deep empathy as “wormholes” connecting two conscious subjects. This topological shortcut allows information to flow in extraordinary ways. Now, we need to address a more specific question: If our brains can truly connect through “wormholes,” why do we still need language?

In daily life, we seem to communicate through two distinctly different modes simultaneously:

1. Explicit Mode: Through speaking, writing, gestures. This takes time, is prone to misunderstanding, and has extremely limited bandwidth (dozens of bits per second).

2. Implicit Mode: Through intuition, tacit understanding, eye contact. This is often instantaneous and contains enormous information (“can be sensed but not expressed in words”).

This section will propose: These two communication modes correspond to two different information transmission topologies in QCA networks.

• Language is a classical channel that must transmit hop-by-hop along the surface of spacetime lattice points (Route over the Grid).

• Intuition is a quantum channel that utilizes pre-established entanglement resources to perform instantaneous state mapping through wormhole shortcuts (Tunnel through the Wormhole).

5.3.1 Physical Essence of Language: Serialization and Classicalization

What is language? Physically, language is the process of dimensionality reduction of high-dimensional internal states (thoughts/qualia) into one-dimensional time sequences (sound streams or text streams).

Process Decomposition:

1. Compression: Sender $A$’s brain is in a complex high-dimensional entangled state $|{\Psi }_A⟩$ (e.g., the overall experience of “sadness”). To convey this experience, $A$ must collapse it into a set of discrete symbols $\{s_1,s_2,\dots \}$ (“I am very sad”).

   • This is a non-unitary projection process; vast amounts of microscopic information (geometric curvature of qualia) are lost in this process.

2. Transmission: Symbol sequences are encoded as photons or sound waves, propagating along classical lattice paths to $B$.

   $$t_{transmission}=\frac{\text{Distance}}{v_{sound/light}}$$

3. Decompression: Receiver $B$ receives symbols and attempts to reconstruct $|{\Psi }_B⟩$ using their internal dictionary (prior probabilities).

The Bottleneck:

Language has extremely limited bandwidth. Shannon’s limit theorem tells us that a channel’s capacity is limited by signal-to-noise ratio. As a classical protocol, language is not only limited by physical bandwidth (vocal cords/ears), but more so by the incompleteness of “semantic protocols” (linguistic version of Gödel’s incompleteness).

• Conclusion: Language can never completely transmit all of “my” experience. It can only transmit the shadow of experience.

5.3.2 Physical Essence of Intuition: Holographic Projection and Quantum Teleportation

Unlike language, intuition often manifests as a “holistic,” “instantaneous” knowing. When you “intuit” that someone is lying, or have a “sudden insight” about a mathematical theorem, you don’t arrive at it through step-by-step logical reasoning, but directly “see” the answer.

In the QCA model, intuition corresponds to quantum communication using wormholes.

Mechanism: Quantum Teleportation

Quantum teleportation allows us to transmit quantum state information without transmitting matter itself. Its core resource is pre-shared entangled pairs (Bell states).

• Pre-entanglement: If $A$ and $B$ have already established some degree of entanglement (through shared experiences, long-term interaction, or deep empathy), this is equivalent to erecting an Einstein-Rosen bridge between their consciousness manifolds.

• Intuitive Transmission: When $A$ produces an insight (new state $|\varphi ⟩$), if $A$ performs some kind of “inner observation” (Bell measurement) on this state, through wormhole effects, information about state $|\varphi ⟩$ will instantly “resonate” in $B$’s internal model.

  • Note: According to the no-communication theorem, this step cannot transmit classical bits (cannot be used to send lottery numbers).

  • But it can transmit quantum correlations. This manifests as $B$’s internal model mysteriously converging toward $A$’s direction (“telepathy”).

Physical Image 5.3:

• Language is walking through a maze: You must feel your way step by step along the maze walls (logical reasoning, grammatical structure).

• Intuition is wall-penetration: You utilize extra connections in high-dimensional space (wormholes) to directly jump to the maze’s exit.

5.3.3 Why Do We Still Need Language?

If intuition is so efficient, why did evolution invent language?

The answer lies in cost and universality.

1. Entanglement is Expensive: Establishing and maintaining consciousness wormholes (deep empathy) requires enormous cognitive energy and long-term interaction. You cannot establish wormholes with every stranger on the street.

2. Language is Cheap: Language is a universal protocol. It doesn’t require pre-entanglement. As long as everyone follows grammatical rules, strangers can exchange low-entropy information (e.g., transactions, directions).

3. Complementarity:

   • Language handles explicit knowledge (logic, facts, rules). It is the foundation of social cooperation (TCP/IP protocol).

   • Intuition handles implicit knowledge (emotion, art, creativity). It is the bond of intimate relationships (P2P direct connection).

5.3.4 Art and Poetry: Attempts to Hack Language

Some forms of language attempt to break through classical channel limitations and simulate intuition effects—this is poetry and art.

• Poetry: Through rhythm, metaphor, and blank space, poets attempt to induce a specific resonance in readers’ minds, rather than transmit literal information.

• Art: A painting is not a collection of pixels; it is a topological attack on the observer’s visual cortex. It attempts to bypass logical analysis and directly activate specific qualia curvature.

In this sense, great artists are “wormhole engineers”. They use classical media (words, pigments) to build temporary quantum bridges between strangers’ minds.

Conclusion:

When we speak, we crawl on the lattice.

When we love or have insights, we fly through wormholes.

The evolutionary history of human civilization is a history of attempting to describe flying experiences with crawling language.