[bioh42_2]

We have known that enzymes make use of quantum tunneling for a while: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzyme_catalysis#Quantum_tunnel...

And since our brain, like the rest of our bodies, is full of enzymes, I would in no way be surprised if we find other quantum effects.

[ihodes]

Right. The question is not whether or not there eist quantum effects in the brain, but whether they have any effect at all. Right now, there are only theories: no empirical data exists to prove or disprove the theory.

[marshray]

Wouldn't it just be cool as heck if it turned out that this enabled "spooky action at a distance" ESP-type stuff under conscious control by the brain?

Heck, I'd settle for a just a built-in magnetometer or something so I didn't get lost.

(Sorry for the content-free post, I'm feeling slightly more whimsical than usual this Friday afternoon.)

[sesqu]

People may have a crappy built-in magnetometer, but it seems you don't need one - just a lot of practice. There are cultures that put such weight on the cardinal directions that they always maintain a sense of where they are facing.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetoception#In_humans http://www.isegoria.net/2010/08/does-your-language-shape-how...

[Nick_C]

Very interesting. I always had a very accurate sense of direction, to the point of not needing a compass when bushwalking to a map. Yet, when I moved to the other side of the continent, I was completely thrown.

I wondered to myself whether it was something to do with the very different magnetic declination. No evidence, of course.

I moved back and have regained it again. Mysterious.