Tag: Stuart Hameroff

DNA, biology, origin of life, genetic science, close-up shot, ultrafine detail, colorful

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 13, 2024

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind, Physics

Tagged
Anirban Bandyopadhyay, Bennu (asteroid), Consciousness (preceding life), Consciousness and origin of life, Consciousness first vs. eliminativism, Dante Lauretta, Murchison meteorite, Nanoglobules, Orch OR theory, Origin of life, Origin of life as postdating consciousness, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), Proto-cells, Proto-conscious events, Roger Penrose on consciousness, Stuart Hameroff}

Science Team Argues, Consciousness Came Before Life

_{Can the authors take issue with Darwinian evolution claims while maintaining a materialist stance?} _{Denyse O'Leary
May 13, 2024

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Philosophy of Mind, Physics}

Apart from demoting evolution, “consciousness first” is yet another attempt to naturalize consciousness by making it a basic origin of life process. Read More ›

Particle, quantum entanglement (quantum correlation). Quantum mechanics . 3d illustration

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
January 23, 2024

Categorized
Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind, Physics

Tagged
Bird navigation and quantum processes, Brain organoids and Orch Or Theory, Consciousness and quantum processes, Dorje C. Brody, George Musser, Orch Or Theory (OOT) of consciousness, Quantum processes and consciousness, Roger Penrose, Stuart Hameroff, Unpaired electrons}

The Theory That Consciousness Is a Quantum System Gains Support

_{Hameroff and Penrose’s Orch Or Theory sees consciousness as the outcome of a quantum collapse of a wave function} _{Denyse O'Leary
January 23, 2024

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind, Physics}

How a quantum theory of consciousness will work out is anyone’s guess but here’s a prediction: It won’t help the cause of materialism much. Read More ›

Aerial shot of artists and craters at work

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Robert J. Marks
Date
November 27, 2018

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Neuroscience

Tagged
Artificial Intelligence, Gregory Chirikjian, Ray Kurzweil, Roger Penrose, Satya Nadella, Stuart Hameroff}

Human Consciousness May Not Be Computable

_{One model of consciousness would mean that conscious computers are a physical impossibility} _{Robert J. Marks
November 27, 2018

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Artificial Intelligence, Neuroscience}

As long as computers simply get faster and use more memory, there is no reason to worry about a self-aware Skynet. Read More ›