New Evidence Revives Penrose's Quantum Consciousness Theory After 40 Years

Studies by Wellesley College neuroscientist Michael Wiest found that stabilizing microtubules in rat neurons delayed the effects of anesthesia, supporting the Orch OR theory of quantum consciousness proposed by Roger Penrose and Stuart Hameroff. The theory, dismissed for nearly 40 years, remains unrefuted, though MIT research attributes unified awareness to analog computations by electrical waves.

• Microtubule stabilization in rats slowed anesthesia onset
• Penrose and Hameroff's Orch OR theory dates back to 1989
• MIT study links consciousness to analog electric field computations
• 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics confirmed quantum nonlocality