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For the past 30 years, scientists have investigated whether the human brain might require quantum processes to achieve cognition.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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.

Still need show it definitely happens, it's definitely part of the brains processing, and it's definitely where consciousness comes from.
This article is like 90% speculation.

[–] Xeroxchasechase 4 points 4 months ago

Any scientific process starts with speculations

[–] TheBananaKing 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

P1: I cannot cope with the idea that my mind is a mundane physical process

P2: God is... wait, fuck we aren't doing god any more

C: It must be quantum