[echelon]

The microtubule "quantum consciousness" hooey has been around since the 90's. It was paid lip service in my biochemistry and molecular biology classes almost as a joke when covering dynamic instability and transport.

While it wouldn't be strictly impossible to test, it's very much cut in the same cloth as string theory.

[ljsprague]

Roger Penrose pushing hooey?

[pas]

he wouldn't be the first (won't be the last) celebrated hard science guy to have very bad takes on human biology (and consciousness).

at least they have some kind of falsifiable model: https://physicsworld.com/a/quantum-theory-of-consciousness-p...