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Quantum Physics and Neural Science: Exploring the Quantum Brain Hypothesis

Introduction The intersection of quantum physics and neuroscience is one of the most fascinating and controversial frontiers in science. Could quantum phenomena—like superposition, entanglement, and tunneling—play a role in brain function, cognition, and consciousness? This blog explores the quantum brain hypothesis, key theories, experimental evidence, and future implications. 1. Quantum…

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Testing A Time-Jumping, Multiverse-Killing, Consciousness-Spawning Theory Of Reality | Forbes Science

Nobel Laureate in Physics, Roger Penrose poses with his Nobel medalPOOL/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES Roger Penrose proposes a conscious observer doesn’t cause wave function collapse. A conscious observer is caused by wave function collapse. Source: Testing A Time-Jumping, Multiverse-Killing, Consciousness-Spawning Theory Of Reality Whoa, this piece of writing by Andréa Morris for Forbes Science is quite…

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“A very young tea-server brought pot and cups and the tiny sand-clock that marked how long the tea had been steeping. I drank for preference the dark, bitter orchor, but it was stiff enough that if I drank it after sunset, I would still be awake at dawn. This evening I had chosen the more delicate isevren, and I indulged myself with a generous spoonful of honey.

I put the honey spoon in the second cup (which the staff of the River-Cat could not be trained out of bringing—unlike at the Hanevo Tree, where you had to specify if you wanted more than one) and briefly tormented myself by imagining a companion who would smile across at me and happily lick the spoon clean. Neither of my lovers had had such a sweet tooth—that was the only thing that made my imaginings even remotely safe. A purely made-up lover was foolish; conjuring the dead was something else entirely.

I reminded myself that Zhemena was not dead, merely far away and uninterested. Oddly, it did not make me feel better.

Drink thy tea, Celehar, I said impatiently to myself, and cease repining.

I was halfway through my little pot of isevren, trying to focus on the question of Mer Urmenezh’s dead and missing sister and not on a sweet-toothed imaginary lover, when a shadow fell over the end of the table, and I turned to look.”

— The Witness for the Dead

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I put the honey spoon in the second cup (which the staff of the River-Cat could not be trained out of bringing--unlike at the Hanevo Tree, where you had to specify if you wanted more than one) and briefly tormented myself with imagining a companion who would smile across at me and happily lick the spoon clean.

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We ended up in a teahouse on General Parzhedar Square, drinking a golden orchor that was not as strong as I liked, but also lacked the harshness of the black orchor I drank for preference. Pel-Thenhior laced his liberally with honey and said, “What do you need to know about Arveneän?”

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--from Katherine Addison’s The Witness for the Dead

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How We Need to Radically Rethink Conscious Awareness | Psychology Today

Charles M. Johnston, MD, is a psychiatrist, writer, and futurist. He is the author of numerous books and articles on the future and how we can best prepare to meet it. Online: Charles Johnston’s Author Page, LinkedIn Source: How We Need to Radically Rethink Conscious Awareness | Psychology Today I feel compelled to thank MD Mr. Johnston for better elaborating on an underlying assumption I’ve been…

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Collapsing a leading theory for the quantum origin of consciousness | phys.org

Collapsing a leading theory for the quantum origin of consciousness | phys.org

The Gran Sasso low radioactivity lab. Credit: Massimiliano De Deo, LNGS-INFN Source: Collapsing a leading theory for the quantum origin of consciousness First ever lab experiment exploring one of the pillars of Orch–OR theory pertaining to the potential rise of consciousness in the brain, which presupposes collapse of the quantum wavefunction due to quantum gravity occurring in the micro–tubules…