Tag: Stuart Hameroff (on consciousness)

Old computers from the 80s in an abandoned computing center

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 13, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind, Science

Tagged
Featured, Godel's incompleteness theorem, Mysterians, Stuart Hameroff (on consciousness)}

When materialist assumptions about the mind begin to sound dated…

_{A 2017 profile of Roger Penrose and his consciousness theory was penned before slow changes and major tumults rocked the discipline — and it shows} _{Denyse O'Leary
August 13, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind, Science}

Paulson’s Penrose profile is written as if materialism is going to prevail but that seems much less likely now than it perhaps did in 2017. Read More ›

Capturing the intricate structure of microtubules within a cell, showcasing their role in cellular transportation. Metamorphosis, life, happiness

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
January 24, 2024

Categorized
Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind, Physics

Tagged
Microtubules (and consciousness), Orch OR theory, Roger Penrose (on consciousness), Stuart Hameroff (on consciousness)}

How Quantum Theory Relates To Consciousness

_{Experimental physicist Rob Sheldon explains the background to Hameroff and Penrose’s contested quantum consciousness theory, which is beginning to be tested} _{Denyse O'Leary
January 24, 2024

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind, Physics}

“Penrose consciousness,” in Sheldon’s view, escapes the paradoxes of non-computable problems that plague the trendy Universal Turing Machine model of the brain. Read More ›

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News
Date
November 28, 2021

Categorized
Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Microtubules (and consciousness), Mysterians, Quantum physics (and consciousness), Roger Penrose (on consciousness), Stuart Hameroff (on consciousness)}

Can Quantum Physics, Neuroscience Merge as Quantum Consciousness?

_{Physicist Marcelo Gleiser looks at the pros and cons of current theories} _{News
November 28, 2021

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

The problem is, if we assume that “the mind is nothing more than the brain,” there may be nothing we can discover about how it works. Read More ›