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Sir Roger Penrose & Dr. Stuart Hameroff: CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE PHYSICS OF THE BRAIN

The Qualcomm Institute · lecture · Watch on YouTube

Consciousness & cognitionQuantum physics

What it is

A 2020 UC San Diego event with Roger Penrose and Stuart Hameroff presenting their Orch OR theory that consciousness arises from quantum processes in brain microtubules, followed by a conversation with Roger Bingham.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters point to it as a presentation of the Penrose-Hameroff theory of consciousness, which some find compelling.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “for the first time I think a truly compelling idea of what consciousness is in a scientific way that could potentially be empirically measured.”

    Compelling scientific idea of what consciousness is

    tanepiper, 2020-08 · Strong recommendation · in “The Psychedelic Inspiration for Hypercard (2018)”

  2. “I quite like Penrose-Hameroff's theory”

    Penrose-Hameroff theory of consciousness

    suoduandao3, 2024-01 · Recommendation · in “Brains are not required to think or solve problems – simple cells can do it”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: consciousness, penrose, hameroff, microtubules, orch or, quantum biology

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