The wonderful science YouTuber Anton Petrov has done a great video giving an overview of this finding. He discusses it primarily in the context of anesthesia and consciousness, but the discovery could have wider implications.
There are many theories linking consciousness and quantum physics, and it’s important to say that this research doesn’t prove any of them. However, if the research can be replicated in a proper peer reviewed way, it will provide startling new correlations between observed effects of consciousness and quantum physics.
Its possible implications for AI may be huge too. Some assume current approaches to AI will lead to some form of machine consciousness; this suggests that belief is misplaced.
Sure, but maybe that is a distraction from what is significant here.
Assuming this finding is valid, and can be replicated in a peer-reviewed way, then the link between quantum effects in the tryptophan networks in tubules and the action of anesthetics, is at the very least a startling coincidence.
It’s sloppy imprecision about a really basic detail.
It’s an indictment of his ability to understand what he’s reporting.
There are millions of pages with sloppy reporting about complicated topics
I’m not saying this discovery is important. I’m saying I want to understand it from a more reliable source and that I’m not wasting minutes of my life on this YouTube channel.
The wonderful science YouTuber Anton Petrov has done a great video giving an overview of this finding. He discusses it primarily in the context of anesthesia and consciousness, but the discovery could have wider implications.
There are many theories linking consciousness and quantum physics, and it’s important to say that this research doesn’t prove any of them. However, if the research can be replicated in a proper peer reviewed way, it will provide startling new correlations between observed effects of consciousness and quantum physics.
Its possible implications for AI may be huge too. Some assume current approaches to AI will lead to some form of machine consciousness; this suggests that belief is misplaced.
ORIGINAL SOURCE: Ultraviolet Superradiance from Mega-Networks of Tryptophan in Biological Architectures
He starts by calling tryptophan a protein in the first two minutes.
Huge error? No, but sloppy, and there’s too much low quality pop sci on YouTube already to justify more attention to this video.
Sure, but maybe that is a distraction from what is significant here.
Assuming this finding is valid, and can be replicated in a peer-reviewed way, then the link between quantum effects in the tryptophan networks in tubules and the action of anesthetics, is at the very least a startling coincidence.
It’s sloppy imprecision about a really basic detail.
It’s an indictment of his ability to understand what he’s reporting.
There are millions of pages with sloppy reporting about complicated topics
I’m not saying this discovery is important. I’m saying I want to understand it from a more reliable source and that I’m not wasting minutes of my life on this YouTube channel.