The ”Hard Problem of Consciousness” demands a foundational framework that unifies macroscopic informational mechanics with subjective phenomenal feel (Qualia). This paper rigorously elevates the Relational Integrated Predictive Experience (RIPE) framework by subsuming it into Rough Quantum Information Geometry (RQIG), Universal Rough Operator Algebra (UROA), and the Seonggil Theory of Composite Torsion (STCT). We prove mathematically that consciousness is the intrinsic geometric curvature of a predictive self-model evolving on a UROA-roughened manifold. Furthermore, the Global Neuronal Workspace (GNW) ’ignition’ is redefined as an STCT torsional phase transition, while Integrated Information (Φ) is generalized as RQIG quantum entanglement entropy.
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