(January 25, 2014 at 11:55 am)MindForgedManacle Wrote: ...Penrose and Hameroff are [not] really on to something rather than trying to push their flawed pat theory of consciousness fervently.
As I mentioned earlier, the Penrose-Hammeroff theory is not the only game in town. Here is a link to just a few current theories, including Orch OR:
http://jonlieffmd.com/blog/human-brain/c...n-and-mind
I do not advocate any particular model, but I do believe 19th century physics is incapable of providing space for the two most obvious features of reality: physical being and our experience of it.