Sabine Hossenfelder | Brain Really Uses Quantum Effects, New Study Finds @SabineHossenfelder | Uploaded May 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
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When Roger Penrose originally came out with the idea that the human brain uses quantum effects in microtubules and that was the origin of consciousness, many thought the idea was a little crazy. According to a new study, it turns out that Penrose was actually right… about the microtubules anyways. Let’s have a look.

Paper: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c07936

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