The Relativity of Consciousness: A Unified Theory of Physics and Experience

This paper proposes that Einstein's equation E=mc² already describes consciousness when viewed from a different reference frame. By synthesizing two established theories—McFadden's Conscious Electromagnetic Information field theory (CEMI) and Tononi's Integrated Information Theory (IIT)—the framework translates the physics equation into Cx = Φ × C²: conscious experience equals integrated information times coherence squared. The equation is dimensionally consistent: Φ is measured in bits (per IIT), C is a dimensionless coherence ratio (0-1), yielding Cx in bits of coherent integrated information. CEMI provides the coherence mechanism; IIT provides the structural measure. Together they complete each other. The framework dissolves the hard problem through frame equivalence, generates testable predictions (biophoton coherence, gamma surge characteristics, phase synchrony), and extends to cosmological scales. The core claim: consciousness is information coherence. We did not discover this—Einstein did in 1905. We translated it.