A new article did an interesting experiment related to quantum theory and the study of consciousness. The results show that one of the well-known theories signed by none other than Nobel laureate Prof. Richard Penrose, which claims that consciousness is created as a result of quantum measurement, is probably not true
Nobel laureate Roger Penrose and Stuart Hamroff published a theory of consciousness called orch or a few years ago that suggests that consciousness is a non-calculation process that creates it is the process of quantum measurement. This is the process that breaks the superposition in which the particle is located so that it now has one location, a certain energy, a certain spin, etc.
Quantum theory does not describe this process of collapsing the wave function to a certain value and to this day there is no agreed theory as to what this process is. Roger Penrose has proposed such a theory in the past that the quantum measurement occurs because of the curvature of spacetime. Each particle warps the space-time according to its mass density. According to the theory, a superposition of several possible curvature states creates large energy differences between these states until at a certain point due to too much energy the wave function collapses to only one of these curvature states. One result of this theory is that the quantum measurement process should emit radiation.
What does consciousness have to do with it?
Following this theory, Penrose joined forces with an anesthesiologist named Stuart Hamroff to propose a theory of consciousness. The idea is that to solve the difficult problem of consciousness you need a non-computational process like the quantum measurement process. They suggest that the process proposed by Penrose takes place in the brain and thus the brain can take advantage of this during its calculations to create consciousness. More precisely, the brain has small organelles called micro-channels (micro-tubules) and according to their structure there may be superposition and its collapse to a certain value. There is a structure there that has room for one electron. If there is an electron, the shape of this structure will be certain and if there is no electron, the shape will be different. In this way, there will be a superposition of having and also not having an electron and therefore a superposition of the possible forms of the structure will be created. Then according to Penrose's theory at a certain point the superposition will collapse into one state. This is supposed to be the source of consciousness in the brain according to the theory.
What did the experiment show?
In the experiment they checked whether Penrose's theory about quantum measurement is correct. The researchers checked whether radiation actually comes out of a substance following a quantum measurement in the amount that Penrose predicted. The researchers found no such radiation. This does not mean that the theory is incorrect, it may be necessary to change its parameters and then the expected amount of radiation will change. But the results give a lower bound to the theory about what is the smallest mass density needed according to the theory for there to be a quantum measurement. The researchers tested how many microchannels are needed to reach the smallest mass density for a quantum measurement to occur, to their surprise they found that more microchannels are needed than there are in the brain.
The conclusion is that in its simplest form, Penrose and Ameroff's theory cannot work, simply because there are not enough microchannels in the brain to allow quantum measurements and therefore the brain cannot produce consciousness in this way.
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How easy it is to rattle off theories here and there...
Well, it is the consciousness that sends the "electron" (some thought) into the universe in order to "fish" fuel for the brain. Each "refueling" reaches the telex of the brain by changing - the form of all kinds of cosmic vibrations from the language of their medium (pictographs of light), into letters and numbers by transferring them from the brain registration center to the archive of knowledge. The cerebral knowledge archive is the registration center of the consciousness and knowledge that we obtain during each period of incarnation.
Therefore, the moment when there is a change of shape is the moment of the fall of the wave - superposition. Those responsible for the abortion are 2 mechanisms: thinking + consciousness.
Even if there is a collapse, and even if energy emissions were measured, the connection of this story to the essence of consciousness seems extremely tenuous, if at all, and devoid of any explanation.
In no detail is there even a hint of "this is consciousness".
The research methods are irrelevant.
Just fascinating.
The study casts great doubt on Eisenberg's uncertainty principle.
You should keep following.
The "researchers" who deal with quantum physics are deeply immersed in a world of hallucinations and fantasies. The pursuit of research budgets outlines their path.
What's this nonsense?
post Scriptum.
Let them measure on an elephant or a whale, maybe there are enough microtubules there.
To sum it up in simple words:
The researchers were able to disprove the Deucey-Penrose model that combines quantum mechanics with classical gravitation. The Diossy collapse model indicates that when the wave function collapses it emits radiation due to gravitational energy that changes the space-time space. Hence the meaning of the result, gravitation has no part in the processes of creating consciousness in a human brain. The thought processes/consciousness will remain similar even if one baby is born and raised on Earth and the other is born and raised in microgravity conditions in outer space.