"My Spider Senses are starting to tingle" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kek3GqbsTk Harry
On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Terry Blanton <hohlr...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. :-) > >
