Please Help Me Understand Consciousness

[Neo-Scholastic]

You caution is justified. Some new age types invoke quantum mechanics to justify all manner of doctrines. That does not mean that serious inquiry is focusing on quantum phenomena as a link between mind and brain. Mechanistic 19th century physics seems highly incapable of supporting a robust theory of consciousness. The incoherence of current naturalistic theories based on Newtonian physics warrants looking elsewhere. That said, people's understanding of the natural world conforms to the larger metaphysical framework within which they work. If ontological naturalism is taken for granted then some potentially effective lines of inquiry will be forsaken.