Stuart Hameroff – Do we have a quantum Soul?
I like to watch all of Dr. Hameroff’s interviews and lectures, and I’ve been trying to figure out a good excuse to go to the The Center for Consciousness Studies at the UA to check it out. I totally think he’s onto something. When I first heard of the observer effect and human effects on quantum states I immediately thought there had to be some kind of Quantum Mechanism in our brains that would allow for the Copenhagen Interpretation.
There’s no doubt human consciousness is affecting quantum experiments and such states. Even the makers of D wave Quantum computer say in their official videos that they try not to look at the machine because it will cause things to happen to the information coming out.
Materialist aren’t ready for microtubules, they are still stuck on neurons. They’re not quite ready to accept the outcome of such experiments as the double slit, Wheeler’s delayed choice, and delayed choice Quantum Eraser experiments. Dr. Hameroff is definitely ahead of the game.
There’s a difference between being a scientist, and being a materialist.
Most people who think Hameroff is invalid, are materialists, which is a religion. Materialism is much like the Abrahamic faiths of the past for the materialistic-based scientist: It’s comforting. Materialism is being discarded everyday as Quantum Revelations annihilate it. It’s time to think outside the box and consider what was once impossible as possible.
Dr. Hameroff research for 35 years has involved consciousness – how the pinkish gray meat between our ears produces the richness of experiential awareness. A clinical anesthesiologist, Hameroff has studied how anesthetic gas molecules selectively erase consciousness via delicate quantum effects on protein dynamics. Following a longstanding interest in the computational capacity of microtubules inside neurons, Hameroff teamed with the eminent British physicist Sir Roger Penrose to develop a controversial Quantum Theory of consciousness called Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch OR) which connects brain processes to fundamental spacetime geometry.
Recently Hameroff has explored the theoretical implications of Orch OR for consciousness to exist independent of the body, distributed in deeper, lower, faster scales in non-local, holographic spacetime, raising possible scientific approaches to the soul and spirituality.
Like most other people I’d like to believe there is some sort of quantum soul, and maybe I’m just not academic enough to understand, but this really sounds like taking a little known area of science which hints slightly towards something similar or related to consciousness and then just making massive leaps based on very little/no evidence and using lots of big words that are probably completely irrelevant.
Key Takeaways:
- Dr. Stuart Hameroff describes “quantum biology”, which he posits plays a role in cellular activity, brain function, and consciousness.
- This gives the person a connection to real-time space/time activities.
- Dr. Hameroff uses multiple examples to show how quantum coherence impacts animals, plants, and all living organisms.
“…Orch OR. It basically proposes Quantum Computation in brain neuron microtubules inside the neurons. So, rather than neuron to neuron communication we are looking at a deeper level inside neurons to give a global sense of consciousness which results in real time causality and free will.”
Questions for you?
- Do you think Quantum Mechanical effects occur in biology?
- Do you think Dr. Stuart Hameroff is heading on the right direction with microtubules and Orch OR?
Please let me know what you think in the comment area below.
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Relevant Content:
- Stuart Hameroff – Does Consciousness Cause the Cosmos?
- Could Quantum Brain Effects Explain Consciousness? – LiveScience.com
- Discovery of quantum vibrations in ‘microtubules’ inside brain neurons supports controversial theory of consciousness – Science Daily
- Stuart Hameroff and Jonathan Powell: The Conscious Connection
- CONSCIOUSNESS: A conversation with Deepak Chopra and Stuart Hameroff
- “Consciousness and Microtubules” by Dr. Stuart Hameroff
References:
- QuantumConsciousness.org
- Informationphilosopher.com/solutions/scientists/hameroff/
- Scholar.google.com/StuartHameroff
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