The Penrose triangle, a famous 'impossible figure' that would inspire some of M.C. Escher's greatest works Public domain View gallery - 4 images ...

That’s why Penrose and Hameroff’s proposal is called a theory of “quantum consciousness”. Quantum consciousness We’re not yet able to measure the behavior of quantum fractals in the ...

A controversial theory suggests that brain microtubules could contain quantum phenomena, linking your consciousness to the ...

At the same time that Penrose was writing his first book about consciousness, Hawking was working on his hugely successful A Brief History of Time (1988). Hawking warned his colleague to go easy on ...

Two scientists, Sir Roger Penrose (a physicist) and Stuart Hameroff (an anesthesiologist), came up with a novel idea. They suggest consciousness might come from tiny structures inside the cells ...

The Penrose-Hameroff Orch OR model places the essential aspect of consciousness at the level of quantum computation in microtubules within the brain's neurons. "Tubulin" proteins comprising ...

In his 1989 pioneering book on consciousness, Emperor’s New Mind, Penrose first proposed the idea of a retroactive effect. In the book, he cautions that we may err when applying the physics of ...

The optical illusion of the impossible triangle in Perth, Australia. Seen from the right angle, this sculpture looks like a Penrose triangle. Credit: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen / Wikimedia Commons ...

Clearly, with Noble Prize winners like Wigner and Roger Penrose persuaded that there may be something in a possible quantum-consciousness connection, however, the idea can’t be entirely dismissed.

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