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ArticleEntropy (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Testing the Conjecture That Quantum Processes Create Conscious Experience.

Hartmut Neven, Adam Zalcman, Peter Read, Kenneth S Kosik, Tjitse van der Molen, Dirk Bouwmeester, Eve Bodnia, Luca Turin, Christof Koch

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Article in Entropy (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Evidence of quantum-entangled higher states of consciousness.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Hartmut NevenGoogle Quantum AI, Los Angeles, CA 90291, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9681-6746
Adam ZalcmanGoogle Quantum AI, Los Angeles, CA 90291, USA.
Peter ReadRead Family Foundation, Penn HP10 8LL, UK.
Kenneth S KosikNeuroscience Research Institute, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3224-5179
Tjitse van der MolenNeuroscience Research Institute, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6147-542X
Dirk BouwmeesterDepartment of Physics, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.
Eve BodniaDepartment of Physics, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.
Luca TurinFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences|Biomedical Research, University of Buckingham, Buckingham MK18 1EG, UK.
Christof KochAllen Institute, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6482-8067

Funding

Tiny Blue Dot Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The question of what generates conscious experience has mesmerized thinkers since the dawn of humanity, yet its origins remain a mystery. The topic of consciousness has gained traction in recent years, thanks to the development of large language models that now arguably pass the Turing test, an operational test for intelligence. However, intelligence and consciousness are not related in obvious ways, as anyone who suffers from a bad toothache can attest-pain generates intense feelings and absorbs all our conscious awareness, yet nothing particularly intelligent is going on. In the hard sciences, this topic is frequently met with skepticism because, to date, no protocol to measure the content or intensity of conscious experiences in an observer-independent manner has been agreed upon. Here, we present a novel proposal:

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anesthesiabrain–computer interfacebrain organoidsphysical substrate of consciousnessquantum biologyxenon

Identifiers

PMID38920469
PMCPMC11203236

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