Quantum consciousness: Penrose and Hameroff’s Orch-OR, fairly examined
Penrose and Hameroff’s Orch-OR theory of consciousness, fairly examined: what it proposes, what tests and critiques show, and why it’s speculative.
Penrose and Hameroff’s Orch-OR theory of consciousness, fairly examined: what it proposes, what tests and critiques show, and why it’s speculative.
Quantum effects in biology are real but tiny: enzyme tunnelling, the bird compass, the revised photosynthesis story, and why your body isn’t quantum.
What physicists mean by the observer effect, why observation isn’t consciousness, and where claims about “quantum healing” break down.
Quantum entanglement explained simply: what Bell tests and the 2022 Nobel Prize show, why it can’t send signals or energy, and what it doesn’t mean.