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From: john larkin <JL@gct.com>
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Subject: Re: another hint of quantum consciousness
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2024 10:33:37 -0700
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On Sat, 14 Sep 2024 13:03:07 -0400, Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net>
wrote:

>On Sat, 14 Sep 2024 08:13:10 -0700, john larkin <JL@gct.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>https://scitechdaily.com/groundbreaking-study-affirms-quantum-basis-for-consciousness-a-paradigm-shift-in-understanding-human-nature/
>>
>>Interesting way to define consciousness, the thing that goes away when
>>an a general anesthetic is applied. That can be quantified.
>
>I wouldn't get too fired up.  The researchers are undergrads, and the
>bit about microtubles originally came from Penrose, back before the
>Neurocomputation field had found plausible mechanisms in vector
>algebra over hyperdimensional parameter spaces.

Undergrads and amateurs often shake up scientific dogma.

>
>Given that microtubules are very widely employed in all cells for all
>manner of purposes, blocking microtubules does not imply that quantum
>mechanics are or are not involved, as blocking anything that
>fundamental is likely to affect very many things.
>
>Joe Gwinn

Evolution seems to use anything that works, even if scientists
disapprove.