THE VIDEO SHELF · quantum theories of consciousness
Sir Roger Penrose & Dr. Stuart Hameroff: CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE PHYSICS OF THE BRAIN
A 2020 UC San Diego event with Roger Penrose and Stuart Hameroff presenting their Orch OR theory that consciousness arises from quantum processes in brain microtubules, followed by a conversation with Roger Bingham.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters point to it as a presentation of the Penrose-Hameroff theory of consciousness, which some find compelling.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- The Qualcomm Institute
- Topic
- quantum theories of consciousness
- Format
- lecture
- Level
- advanced
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2024
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From the original HN conversations
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I watched this video the other day: [VIDEO] It's Sir Roger Penrose & Dr. Stuart Hameroff talking about the physics of consciousness - for the first time I think a truly compelling idea of what consciousness is in a scientific way that could potentially be …
tanepiper on Hacker News · 2020-08
In The Psychedelic Inspiration for Hypercard (2018)I quite like Penrose-Hameroff's theory [VIDEO] My best summary of it: consciousness is primal, every bit of matter has perspective, every interaction has experience, the body you're 'occupying' is having a particularly complex and long-lived experience. As for your question of why this one, well, …
suoduandao3 on Hacker News · 2024-01
In Brains are not required to think or solve problems – simple cells can do it
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