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this post was submitted on 12 May 2024
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We still don’t understand quite how the brain works or how consciousness comes from neurons.
Super interesting! I watched an explainer last night about a theory that consciousness arises from space-time collapse quantum wave functions in microtubules.
The vast majority went straight over my head but the host stated that the theory was seen as completely insane by their peers and just recently it’s gaining credibility because of some new research in the past few weeks.
Any thoughts on this?
Sounds like they really don't want their lives to be deterministic. I'm skeptical of anyone who jumps to quantum mechanics to explain consciousness. Would love to know what research you are referencing.
This is the youtube video I watched. Here's a link to the recent paper.
Thanks! Very interesting. Looks like we have some quantum activity going on after all. Though, there is a large chasm between observing activity and proving its necessity for our consciousness.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestrated_objective_reduction
Is this theory what you're referring to? Just curious because it always seemed interesting to me but I'm not educated enough to even know how to approach the subject beyond going, "huh neat."
Ahh jeez the Penrose theory. This theory gets less neat the more you learn about it.
Yep that's the theory but the recent paper is this one. This is the youtube video I watched.
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