Discovery of Quantum Vibrations in 'Microtubules' Inside Brain Neurons Supports Controversial Theory of Consciousness
Jan. 16, 2014 — A review and update of a controversial 20-year-old theory of consciousness published in Physics of Life Reviews claims that consciousness derives from deeper level, finer scale activities inside brain neurons. The recent discovery of quantum vibrations in "microtubules" inside brain neurons corroborates this theory, according to review authors Stuart Hameroff and Sir Roger Penrose. On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Terry Blanton <hohlr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think Roger Penrose and Stuart Hameroff have the best explanation of > consciousness to date. It's called Orchestrated Objective Reduction, > or Orch-OR. The two actually developed the idea separately, Sir > Penrose being a physicist and Hameroff being a physician who > specialized in anesthesia and cancer research. Roger was seeking a > model of the brain that did not require computation. Hameroff wanted > to know how anesthesia worked and where the conscious went when under. > Penrose theorizes that spacetime is granular at the size of the > Planck length and that quantum superposition is linked to the > curvature. Orchestrated Reduction is the collapse of the > superposition. > > Hameroff brought in the neuron microtubles which provide the > structure. He sees a synchronous oscillation in neural MT can > influence other neurons. Together they see these electrons as a sea > embedded in the geometry of spacetime. > > Needless to say, they have many critics. :-)
