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Brain Really Uses Quantum Effects, New Study Finds(youtu.be)

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Was Roger Penrose not completely insane when he proposed his Orch OR theory of the mind? Still doesn’t explain the hard problem of consciousness, but a step closer?

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Heck yeah, big Sir Roger Penrose fan and although this might not be definitive proof I’m looking forward to more research into the matter

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streetlights@lemmy.worldOP
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Also big fan, but I was always convinced his Orch OR stuff was completely batshit. I would love to be proven wrong.

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new Paper (other researcher): Ultraviolet Superradiance from Mega-Networks of Tryptophan in Biological Architectures

Roger Penrose

English mathematician, mathematical physicist, and Nobel Laureate in Physics \ Born 8 August 1931, Colchester, England

Fields of Study: Mathematical physics, tessellations

Penrose’s work has earned him prestigious awards and honors, including the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2020 for his contributions to the understanding of black hole formation and the general theory of relativity.

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