ABSTRACT

The ‘Orch OR’ theory attributes consciousness to quantum computations in microtubules inside brain neurons. Quantum computers process information as superpositions of multiple possibilities (quantum bits or qubits) which, in Orch OR, are alternative collective dipole oscillations orchestrated (‘Orch’) by microtubules. These orchestrated oscillations entangle, compute, and terminate (‘collapse of the wavefunction’) by Penrose objective reduction (‘OR’), resulting in sequences of Orch OR moments with orchestrated conscious experience (metaphorically more like music than computation). Each Orch OR event selects microtubule states which govern neuronal functions. Orch OR has broad explanatory power, and is easily falsifiable.

摘要

“Orch OR”理论将意识归因于大脑神经元内微管中的量子计算。量子计算机将信息处理为多种可能性（量子比特或量子比特）的叠加，在 Orch OR 中，这些可能性是由微管协调的替代集体偶极子振荡（“Orch”）。这些精心编排的振荡通过彭罗斯目标缩减 ('OR') 纠缠、计算和终止（'波函数的崩溃'），从而产生具有精心编排的意识体验的 Orch OR 时刻序列（比喻更像音乐而不是计算）。每个 Orch OR 事件选择控制神经元功能的微管状态。Orch OR 具有广泛的解释力，并且很容易被证伪。