Consciousness Between Physics and Information: An Organic Hardware Perspective

Is consciousness a physical phenomenon or an informational phenomenon? This paper argues that such a dichotomy is misleading. The human brain can be un- derstood as an organic computer—a hardware composed of neurons and chemical processes. In this sense, it differs in material composition from silicon-based AI circuits but not in its fundamental role as a substrate for information processing. Consciousness thus arises not purely from physics nor purely from information, but from the fluctuation-driven interplay of both.