Afaik, state machines could exist in quantum mechanics. States can, logic can, what else do you need? Quantum theory also is consistent with "consciousness first" philosophy aka Zen. This could explain how the great consciousness, the great self, which is love / infinity / god itself, might have created the universe in the first place. Regarding selection, let me reference Alan Watts, The Book. Separation is an illusion, it doesn't exist. All that exists and that is necessary is distinction.