1. Quantum Consciousness
Week 13

2. What is “quantum”…?

3. Penrose & Hameroff’s view
Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch-OR) model
Micro-tubules in neurons could have quantum effects on neuronal behavior, thus allowing the brain to behave as a quantum computer

4. Deepak Chopra’s views
"consciousness is nonlocal" and consciousness is "a field, a superposition of possibilities.“

5. Could it be… I don't understand consciousness.
I don't understand quantum physics.
Therefore, consciousness must be a function of quantum physics!

7. Two questions Why is “quantum xxx” appealing?
Why is “xxx consciousness” appealing?
Roots in Freud?
Hypnosis
Sublimation (Dov Cohen)
Transference (Susan Anderson)
UTT (Dijksterhuis)
Oedipal complex (Fraley)

8. Take home messages
Just because you don’t understand a concept doesn’t make the concept true.
Pluralistic ignorance
A situation in which a majority of group members privately reject a norm, but incorrectly assume that most others accept it, and therefore go along with it. This is also described as "no one believes, but everyone thinks that everyone believes."
Just because you don’t understand a concept doesn’t make the concept false.