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We have known that enzymes make use of quantum tunneling for a while: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzyme_catalysis#Quantum_tunneling http://en.wikipedia.org/wi

• ihodes 16y ago
  Right. The question is not whether or not there eist quantum effects in the brain, but whether they have any effect at all. Right now, there are only theories: no empirical data exists to prove or disprove the theory.
  • marshray 16y ago
    Wouldn't it just be cool as heck if it turned out that this enabled "spooky action at a distance" ESP-type stuff under conscious control by the brain? Heck, I'd settle for a just a built-in magnetometer or something so I didn't get lost. (Sorry for the content-free post, I'm feeling slightly more whimsical than usual this Friday afternoon.)
    • sesqu 16y ago
      People may have a crappy built-in magnetometer, but it seems you don't need one - just a lot of practice. There are cultures that put such weight on the cardinal directions that they always maintain a sense of where they are facing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetoception#In_humans http://www.isegoria.net/2010/08/does-your-language-shape-how-you-think/ http://www.isegoria.net/2010/08/does-your-language-shape-how...
      • Nick_C 16y ago
        Very interesting. I always had a very accurate sense of direction, to the point of not needing a compass when bushwalking to a map. Yet, when I moved to the other side of the continent, I was completely thrown. I wondered to myself whether it was something to do with the very different magnetic declination. No evidence, of course. I moved back and have regained it again. Mysterious.