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Was Roger Penrose not completely insane when he proposed his Orch OR theory of the mind? Still doesn't explain the hard problem of consciousness, but a step closer?

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[–] ekZepp 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

new Paper (other researcher): Ultraviolet Superradiance from Mega-Networks of Tryptophan in Biological Architectures

Roger Penrose

English mathematician, mathematical physicist, and Nobel Laureate in Physics \ Born 8 August 1931, Colchester, England

Fields of Study: Mathematical physics, tessellations

Penrose's work has earned him prestigious awards and honors, including the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2020 for his contributions to the understanding of black hole formation and the general theory of relativity.