Quantum Consciousness Debate

I cannot edit my comment but for those that are not familiar> The quantum mind or quantum consciousness is a group of hypotheses proposing that classical mechanics cannot explain consciousness. It posits that quantum-mechanical phenomena, such as entanglement and superposition, may play an important part in the brain's function and could explain consciousness.https://en.m.wikipedia.o

Is there a good scientific explanation why quantum phenomena are required to explain consciousness? Or in other words, is there a reason to rule out consciousness as a natural emergent property of the macro-level structure and composition of our brains, without delving into the quantum realm (beyond what is necessary to explain the operation of the cells themselves)?

Since it's not mentioned in the article, it should be kept in mind that most practicing physicists and neuroscientists consider Penrose's theories of the brain to be philosophy rather than science, and many consider it pseudoscience. It doesn't make practically testable predictions yet, and it doesn't provide additional explanatory power compared to classical (non-quantum) theories of the brain for any existing observations.The research described in this article is simila

An accessible summary: https://backreaction.blogspot.com/2024/05/brain-really-uses-...The TL;DR is that this paper claims to have found evidence for quantum effects in microtubules, lending credence to (though by no means providing proof of) Roger Penrose's theory that consciousness is a quantum phenomenon.

Are you pushing "quantum conscious" here?

I think this is still an open question. Some people have claimed quantum effects may be at play, but this very controversial: https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-spin-on-the-quantum-bra...Most neuroscientists feel strongly that the brain is not (just?) a computer <a href="https://aeon.co/essays/your-brain-does-not-process-information-and

Yes, going back and reading the relevant articles on Wikipedia [1][2], my original post is a bit of a simplistic summary of his argument.I agree that there could be quantum effects that are involved in the operation of the brain somehow. (I gather that some enzymes have been observed using quantum tunneling).But it seems to go on to state that conciousness arises as a result of collapsing waveforms and some sort of special space-time that has the ability to perform/enable "super" computati

What evidence suggests our brain is leveraging quantum computing?

Why the downvotes? Has no one read about the quantum mind theory? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mind

Tha's what Roger Penrose argued in "Shadows of the Mind" where he theorizes about quantum effects in the human brain and how they might give rise to conciousness [1]. There's some criticism about it, because the brain is pretty warm and decoherence should disturb all quantum states so much taht they become unusable, but it is still a research topic if "warm" quantum states can exist.[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadows_of_the_Min