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Date: August 14, 2024 at 14:16:15
From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Quantum Entanglement in Your Brain Is What Generates Consciousness |
URL: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a61854962/quantum-entanglement-consciousness/ |
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Quantum Entanglement in Your Brain Is What Generates Consciousness,
Radical Study Suggests
This controversial idea could completely change how we understand the
mind.
BY DARREN ORFPUBLISHED: AUG 13, 2024
For the past 30 years, scientists have investigated whether the human brain
might require quantum processes to achieve cognition.
A new study from Shanghai University uses mathematical models to suggest
that certain fatty structures (which sheath the nerve cell’s axon) could
potentially produce quantum entangled biphoton pairs, potentially aiding in
synchronization across neurons.
However, scientists have long argued that the brain is too hot and messy for
this type of phenomenon to occur, and detecting this phenomenon as it
occurs in the brain would be an incredibly difficult task.
It has long been argued that the human brain is similar to a computer. But in
reality, that’s selling the brain pretty short. While comparing neurons and
transistors is a convenient metaphor (and not completely out of left field), the
brain is ultra-efficient, its energy is renewable, and it’s capable of
computational feats that even the most advanced computer can’t pull off. In
many ways, the inner workings of the human brain make up an unknown
computational frontier.
Although your brain is superior to your laptop—or even the world’s most
advanced supercomputer—these machines run on classical physics. But
there’s another kind of a computer out there: a quantum one.
The idea that the human brain contains quantum properties isn’t new. In fact,
the British physicist Roger Penrose and the American anesthesiologist Stuart
Hameroff first suggested the controversial concept back in the 90s, with
their “orchestrated objective reduction” model of a consciousness. Since
then, many pieces of evidence have at least hinted that, while the brain may
not be a full-fledged quantum computer, some quantum properties may in
fact help generate consciousness.
Magic Mushrooms May Have Shaped Our Consciousness
Now, a new study from Shanghai University submits yet another piece of
evidence to the neurological court—that one particular process of the human
brain exhibits behavior akin to quantum entanglement, a phenomenon when
two particles (usually photons) become inextricably linked even across vast
distances. This phenomenon confounded even the most brilliant of minds,
including Albert Einstein, who called quantum entanglement “spooky action
at a distance.”
Liu et al., Physical Review E, 2024
A closer look at myelin cylinders and its location along the neuron’s axon.
The study, published this month in the journal Physics Review E, suggests
that a fatty material called myelin that surrounding the nerve cell’s axon—the
fiber that transmits electrical impulses to other nerves or body tissues—
provides an environment in which the entanglement of photons is possible.
This could potentially explain the rise of cognition, and especially
synchronization, which is essential for information processing and rapid
response.
“Consciousness within the brain hinges on the synchronized activities of
millions of neurons, but the mechanism responsible for orchestrating such
synchronization remains elusive,” the paper reads. “The results indicate that
the cylindrical cavity formed by a myelin sheath can facilitate spontaneous
photon emission from the vibrational modes and generate a significant
number of entangled photon pairs.”
The team built mathematical models detailing how infrared photons could
impact the myelin sheath and impart energy to chemical bonds—specifically,
carbon-hydrogen bonds embedded in this fatty tissue. This, in turn, could
spur biphoton generation with many pairs exhibiting entanglement, and serve
as a type of “quantum communication resource” within the nervous system.
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“When a brain is active, millions of neurons fire simultaneously,” Yong-Cong
Chen, a co-author of the study, told New Scientist. “If the power of evolution
was looking for handy action over a distance, quantum entanglement would
be [an] ideal candidate for this role.”
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If you’re sensing some “woah, if true” quality to this research, you’re not
alone. For one, this phenomenon would need to be seen in a biological
setting (likely in the brain of a mouse) before scientists get too excited about
the brain’s newfound “quantum communication resource.” And that’s a
process that the authors readily admit would be difficult. Additionally, the
idea of quantum entanglement playing a role in consciousness isn’t a
mainstream one—Hameroff, one the leading minds behind the idea that
quantum phenomena could drive aspects of cognition, even told New
Scientist months ago that “it was very popular to bash us” after the
publication of their consciousness model.
But science is in the business of hypothesis and rigorous testing to discern
the true nature of existence. And, as history has shown, what once seemed
liked “spooky action a distance” can quickly become the cornerstone of the
quantum world.
DARREN ORFCONTRIBUTING EDITOR
Darren lives in Portland, has a cat, and writes/edits about sci-fi and how our
world works. You can find his previous stuff at Gizmodo and Paste if you look
hard enough.
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Date: August 16, 2024 at 17:36:26
From: georg, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Quantum Entanglement in Your Brain Is What Generates Consciousness |
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yes, it is God who puts thoughts in our heads
instantaneously ... Bell's Theorem is a mathematical
proof of this phenomenon and it also explains
synchronicity first posited by Jung and that physics
guy Pauli ... Wolfgang Pauli was the go to guy for Jung
and egged him on ... yes, yes, that's it the universe
is one great thought ... everywhere ... it says that
any particle once in physical contact with another
particle instantaneously knows what the other knows ...
if the spin of an electron pair is up, they are both up
... if one flips down, the both flip down at the exact
same time ... that is the phenomenon that they have
named quantum entanglement ... just a fancy name for
the Word ... John 1:1 and so on ... when we look at the
universe it always leads back to Creation and the
Creator
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Date: September 02, 2024 at 11:49:42
From: EQF, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Quantum Entanglement in Your Brain Is What Generates Consciousness |
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Posted by EQF on September 2, 2024
I have several degrees in the physical sciences, but not physics. Perhaps our board monitor who does have a degree in physics can add to this discussion.
However, my PBS Space Time series rating would likely be around 95%. That means that I can understand what Dr. Matt O'Dowd is saying in 19 out of 20 of his podcasts.
When he starts talking about calculus equations or Feynman diagrams I go to another video.
Regarding that second posted note:
In my opinion,
Right train tracks. Wrong train direction.
Scientists believe that if one entangled entity such as an electron is "spinning" in an UP direction, the other electron is spinning DOWN. The two don't spin in the same direction.
Also, they don't "start" spinning all of a sudden. A more widely held position is that before one or the other entangled entity is observed, neither has an up or down spin. Instead, their "spin" is neither up nor down. Both directions simply do not exist until the entity is observed.
Actually, they are not spinning in the manner that would seem to be the case. They don't actually "spin" as far as we are aware. Instead, this refers to how they move when present in a magnetic field. If one goes UP when it is in that field then the other would automatically go DOWN.
Finally, I myself have done some research regarding brain - universe interactions.
Some of that information was formally sent to the U.S. Government many years ago but never published. It is perhaps some of the most advanced ever discovered.
But, there are, I believe, some dangers associated with that information. That is why I never tried to publish it. U.S. Government personnel likely understood what I told them, I believe, but apparently totally ignored the information as they usually do with any information that they are not able to make some type of "profit" off of.
Getting a raise or election votes would be types of "profits."
I do plan to eventually contact Dr. O'Dowd directly with more details about this and also ask him to do a podcast on the subject of dinosaur extinction theories.
Anyone else could also contact him and ask him about the dinosaurs.
Finally,
It appears to me that our universe does not work exactly the way that even many quantum physics professionals are aware of !!!
These are personal opinions.
Regards to all,
EQF
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