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01 November 2012 [19:31] - Today.Az
A PAIR of world-renowned quantum scientists say they can prove the existence of the soul.
American Dr Stuart Hameroff and British physicist Sir Roger Penrose
developed a quantum theory of consciousness asserting that our souls are
contained inside structures called microtubules which live within our
brain cells.
Their idea stems from the notion of the brain as a biological computer,
"with 100 billion neurons and their axonal firings and synaptic
connections acting as information networks".
Dr Hameroff, Professor Emeritus at the Departments of Anesthesiology and
Psychology and Director of the Centre of Consciousness Studies at the
University of Arizona, and Sir Roger have been working on the theory
since 1996.
They argue that our experience of consciousness is the result of quantum
gravity effects inside these microtubules - a process they call
orchestrated objective reduction (Orch-OR).
In a near-death experience the microtubules lose their quantum state,
but the information within them is not destroyed. Or in layman`s terms,
the soul does not die but returns to the universe.
Dr Hameroff explained the theory at length in the Morgan
Freeman-narrated documentary Through the Wormhole, which was recently
aired in the US by the Science Channel.
The quantum soul theory is now trending worldwide, thanks to stories
published this week by The Huffington Post and the Daily Mail, which
have generated thousands of readers` comments and social media shares.
"Let`s say the heart stops beating, the blood stops flowing, the microtubules lose their quantum state," Dr Hameroff said.
"The quantum information within the microtubules is not destroyed, it
can`t be destroyed, it just distributes and dissipates to the universe
at large.
`If the patient is resuscitated, revived, this quantum information can
go back into the microtubules and the patient says "I had a near death
experience".`
In the event of the patient`s death, it was "possible that this quantum
information can exist outside the body indefinitely - as a soul".
Dr Hameroff believes new findings about the role quantum physics plays
in biological processes, such as the navigation of birds, adds weight to
the theory.
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