766: Stuart Hameroff
Summary
Duncan Trussell interviews anesthesiologist Dr. Stuart Hameroff, who explains his Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch OR) theory of consciousness. Hameroff argues that consciousness arises from quantum computations within microtubules in the brain, not just neural firing, challenging the materialist view that AI could replicate human awareness. The discussion covers the history of anesthesia, the "hard problem" of consciousness, and how this quantum framework might explain memory storage and the flow of time.
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