This is a very interesting study for you nerdcels out there.
Basically microtubules are the key to understanding consciousness. They are the basic building block structure of everything biological so they are orders of magnitude smaller than a cell.
If the quantum realm is measured around 10 to the minus 30 meters, the measurement of a single microtubule is right in the middle between the quantum, and the microbiological world.
These microtubules are proposed by Hameroff and Penrose to have quantum properties (absorbtion and emission) and if they are enough of them and they are bundled tightly enough like say in a neuron, they can achieve quantum coherence which is what gives rise to consciousness.
Anyways I think that this study is huge and as we get more and more experiments like these examining microtubules and its interaction with anesthetics, we'll get closer to understanding consciousness.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXElfzVgg6M
Basically microtubules are the key to understanding consciousness. They are the basic building block structure of everything biological so they are orders of magnitude smaller than a cell.
If the quantum realm is measured around 10 to the minus 30 meters, the measurement of a single microtubule is right in the middle between the quantum, and the microbiological world.
These microtubules are proposed by Hameroff and Penrose to have quantum properties (absorbtion and emission) and if they are enough of them and they are bundled tightly enough like say in a neuron, they can achieve quantum coherence which is what gives rise to consciousness.
Anyways I think that this study is huge and as we get more and more experiments like these examining microtubules and its interaction with anesthetics, we'll get closer to understanding consciousness.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXElfzVgg6M
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