[Arjuna144]

These days we have some theory about this. See Stuart Hameroff MD, a Professor of Anesthesiology and Psychology, and Director of the Center for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona.

To sum it up from my limited understanding: This disturbs the quantum coherance in the microtubelies in all cells (But mostly nurons) which is needed for consciousness to "limit" itself to a identity.

[k8sagic]

Consiousness is a emerging feature of our brains complexity.

The way this dude throws around quantum and co is just esotherical.

[Arjuna144]

I am not aware of any proof that "Consiousness is a emerging feature of our brains complexity". For all that I know throwing around such statements of truth is mere stupidity and anti scientific

[meindnoch]

Ummmm what?

[Dachande663]

Hameroff is one of those common pseudo-psy frauds. Dawkins hit the nail on the head when he said consciousness is hard to grasp and understand so everytime something in science comes along that is also hard to grasp, people latch on to it as an explanation. 70s it was chaos theory, then everyone switch to quantum entanglement, and already seeing it leak into AGI.

[Arjuna144]

There are so many talks, I just picked a shorter one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ484WZS-lo