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Surprisingly complex waves reveal the brain's inner workings

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  1. brcmthrowaway · · focus · HN ↗
    Is there any evidence the brain is a quantum device?
    1. dvt · · focus · HN ↗
      Penrose and Hameroff have been arguing this for decades (see Orch OR[1]). Their arguments are interesting, but certainly not open and shut.

      [1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Orchestrated_objective_reduction" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Orchestrated_objective_reducti...

      1. jibalt · · focus · HN ↗
        They are widely considered by neuroscientists to be shut. P&amp;H keep showing up at the [Towards a] Science of Consciousness conferences which long ago devolved into a gathering of crackpots, but no one else takes them seriously.
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