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The microtubule "quantum consciousness" hooey has been around since the 90's. It was paid lip service in my biochemistry and molecular biology classes almost as
by echelon 2y ago
The microtubule "quantum consciousness" hooey has been around since the 90's. It was paid lip service in my biochemistry and molecular biology classes almost as a joke when covering dynamic instability and transport.
While it wouldn't be strictly impossible to test, it's very much cut in the same cloth as string theory.
- ljsprague 2y agoRoger Penrose pushing hooey?
- pas 2y agohe wouldn't be the first (won't be the last) celebrated hard science guy to have very bad takes on human biology (and consciousness). at least they have some kind of falsifiable model: https://physicsworld.com/a/quantum-theory-of-consciousness-put-in-doubt-by-underground-experiment/ https://physicsworld.com/a/quantum-theory-of-consciousness-p...