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I remember Roger Penrose talking about the mystery of anesthetics, how they may target the vast "microtubule" network in the brain, itself a pretty surprising a
by not_a_moth 6y ago
I remember Roger Penrose talking about the mystery of anesthetics, how they may target the vast "microtubule" network in the brain, itself a pretty surprising and unknown structure.
So little we know I suppose.
- DonaldFisk 6y agoIn this case, his dentist used local anaesthetic. Penrose was referring to general anaesthetics and their effect on consciousness.
- KingFelix 6y agoHe spoke last week about it at The Towards a Science of Consciousness conference (Univeristy of Arizona) Stuart Hammeroff and Penrose have the Orc OR Theory of Consciousness. Stuarts an anesthesiologist