[ijidak]

I don't see much discussion of quantum mechanics as being leveraged inside of neurons.

But I'm just not convinced chemistry is fast enough for thought to happen any other way than quantum.

Life has been far ahead of human state of the art for a long time.

Often, we don't even know what to look for until we learn basic physics ourselves.

For example, barely 100 years ago, we figured out that light is energy delivered in photon packets. Only then could we understand processes like photosynthesis. Something life figured out billions of years ago.

As we learn more about quantum mechanics, we discover that photosynthesis seems to harness quantum effects to improve conversion efficiency.

I'm convinced the brain is using advanced physics we don't fully understand yet.

Yet, that the brain and neurons are quantum is something I haven't seen much of in literature.

Once we figure out room temperature quantum computing, I wouldn't be surprised if we find that the brain has been doing it all along.

We just don't know what to look for, until we learn enough about physics ourselves.

Disclaimer: I believe there is an intelligent creator. (https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/science/)

[lend000]

Chemistry is extremely fast, and it's all based on quantum mechanics. Each atom/molecule is colliding at least billions of times per second at standard pressure and human body temperatures. Example calculation: [0]

[0] https://socratic.org/questions/calculate-the-number-of-colli...

[amanaplanacanal]

Doesn't every interaction between particles involve quantum mechanics? Meaning every chemical reaction? Even simple things like heating water on your stove is a quantum process. Thought isn't something special here. Unless I completely misunderstand quantum mechanics.

If you are proposing that quantum processes aren't really random, that somehow human thought affects how they work, I doubt we have any evidence of that one way or the other. I would call that a fringe theory, but I can't say you are wrong.

I've recently being seeing more about a theory that consciousness is inherent in matter, and that particles choose which quantum path they take. This is way beyond anything we currently know about physics though.

[anfilt]

Not fast enough? Just look at a battery, and see how fast when you complete a circuit it begins to output current. Chemistry can be very fast.

[photojosh]

> But I'm just not convinced chemistry is fast enough for thought to happen any other way than quantum.

How fast do you think? I know my reaction time to unexpected external stimulus is up in the 200ms+ range, and sometimes even basic things can take multiple seconds to think through with my conscious mind. This is an enormous amount of time chemically speaking.