Roger Penrose and anesthesiologist Stuart Hameroff hypothesize that microtubules, which are small structures found in neurons and other cells, weave moments of 'proto-consciousness' together to form full consciousness.

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• Person: Jake Siegel Organization: Allen Institute
  Quantum mechanics and the puzzle of human consciousness

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• Quantum mechanics and the puzzle of human consciousness alleninstitute.org Jake Siegel · Allen Institute via serper

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• Stuart R. Hameroff entity
• microtubules concept
• consciousness concept
• Roger Penrose entity
• neurons concept
• proto-consciousness concept