teledyn ð“‚€"In this paper we perform a critical analysis of the Orch OR #consciousness theory at the crossroad with the newest experimental results coming from the search for spontaneous radiation predicted by the simplest version of gravity-related dynamical collapse models. We conclude that #OrchOR theory, when based on the simplest version of gravity-related dynamical collapse, is highly implausible in all the cases analyzed."
#DiósiPenrose #quantumcollapse #notGravity #FQXi
https://phys.org/news/2022-06-collapsing-theory-quantum-consciousness.html
Collapsing a leading theory for the quantum origin of consciousness
The origin of consciousness is one of the greatest mysteries of science. One proposed solution, first suggested by Nobel Laureate and Oxford mathematician Roger Penrose and anesthesiologist Stuart Hammeroff, at Arizona State University, in Tucson, attributes consciousness to quantum computations in the brain. This in turn hinges on the notion that gravity could play a role in how quantum effects disappear, or "collapse." But a series of experiments in a lab deep under the Gran Sasso mountains, in Italy, has failed to find evidence in support of a gravity-related quantum collapse model, undermining the feasibility of this explanation for consciousness. The result is reported in the journal Physics of Life Reviews.