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Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness

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Quantum & AI Orch-ORMicrotubule quantum computing

By Roger Penrose

Summary

Refines the Gödelian argument and proposes microtubules (cytoskeletal proteins) as the site of quantum computation in neurons. Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch-OR) = quantum coherence in microtubules builds to threshold → OR event = conscious moment.

Why It Matters

The book that proposed a specific physical mechanism for quantum consciousness.

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