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p.329
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p.329
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Quantum states in microtubules could bind brain activity to produce consciousness
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Full Idea:
I propose that microtubules in nerve cells could give rise to a stable quantum state that would bind the activity of brain cells throughout the cerebrum and in doing so give rise to consciousness.
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From:
Roger Penrose (Could a computer ever understand? [1998], p.329)
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A reaction:
This seems to offer a physical theory to account for the 'unity' of the mind (which so impressed Descartes), but I don't quite see why being aware of things would ensue from some 'quantum binding'. I daresay 'quantum binding' occurs in the Sun.
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