who would have thought? quantum effects in microtubules habe been measured for the first time. Maybe Penrose was right about the nature of consciousness after all?
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c07936
#science #brain #consciousness
An interesting short article about two conflicting theories about consciousness: https://www.durham.ac.uk/research/current/thought-leadership/2023/10/consciousness-why-a-leading-theory-has-been-branded-pseudoscience/
Discussion
Very, very cool.
“…raising the tantalizing possibility that axons might serve as such waveguides between giant superradiant emitters in the brain.”