Description:
Stuart Hameroff is an astrobiologist, retired anesthesiologist and leader of the Science of Consciousness conferences at the University of Arizona. Hameroff is best known for his controversial belief that consciousness originates from quantum states in neural microtubules.
Timeline:
00:00 - Connection between anesthesia & consciousness
02:14 - How anesthesia works
08:54 - Overdosing vs. underdosing anesthesia
12:31 - Scariest patients to administer anesthesia to
15:45 - Why computers can't replicate consciousness
21:18 - Consciousness & the collapse of the wave function
29:15 - Consciousness is fundamental, not emergent
30:19 - Simulation theory is a "cop-out"
34:29 - NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid sample return mission
40:56 - The origin of life on Earth
42:20 - Microtubules & time crystals
43:58 - Evidence of consciousness in plants
46:27 - Why microtubules could be the source of consciousness
48:25 - Can AI develop consciousness?
53:48 - Psilocybin consciousness experiment
55:08 - What happens to consciousness when the body dies
01:01:53 - Consciousness is controlled by our subconscious
01:03:32 - How evolution is driven by consciousness & pleasure
01:06:47 - Life is the vehicle for consciousness
01:10:32 - How to create consciousness from scratch
01:13:13 - Consciousness in the afterlife & reincarnation
01:15:23 - Consciousness is a hologram
01:17:35 - How psychedelics elevate consciousness
01:23:25 - The logic of dreams
01:25:37 - memories encoded in organ transplants
01:32:07 - How to confirm microtubules hypotheses
01:35:53 - The leading Alzheimer's treatment is a scam
01:41:41 - Top Alzheimer's treatment researchers VANISHED
01:44:20 - New theoretical Alzheimer's cure
01:50:08 - Beneficial effects of ultrasound therapy
01:53:58 - Dangers of ultrasound technology
01:59:18 - New study on ultrasound on the brain
02:06:11 - Proof of ultrasound reversing Alzheimer's
02:09:10 - Quantum consciousness + parapsychology
02:16:42 - Neuron biology & why the brain is more than a computer
02:20:09 - Suspicious movement of plasma ball lightning
02:23:18 - Anesthesia vs. the corona effects
02:14 - How anesthesia works
08:54 - Overdosing vs. underdosing anesthesia
12:31 - Scariest patients to administer anesthesia to
15:45 - Why computers can't replicate consciousness
21:18 - Consciousness & the collapse of the wave function
29:15 - Consciousness is fundamental, not emergent
30:19 - Simulation theory is a "cop-out"
34:29 - NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid sample return mission
40:56 - The origin of life on Earth
42:20 - Microtubules & time crystals
43:58 - Evidence of consciousness in plants
46:27 - Why microtubules could be the source of consciousness
48:25 - Can AI develop consciousness?
53:48 - Psilocybin consciousness experiment
55:08 - What happens to consciousness when the body dies
01:01:53 - Consciousness is controlled by our subconscious
01:03:32 - How evolution is driven by consciousness & pleasure
01:06:47 - Life is the vehicle for consciousness
01:10:32 - How to create consciousness from scratch
01:13:13 - Consciousness in the afterlife & reincarnation
01:15:23 - Consciousness is a hologram
01:17:35 - How psychedelics elevate consciousness
01:23:25 - The logic of dreams
01:25:37 - memories encoded in organ transplants
01:32:07 - How to confirm microtubules hypotheses
01:35:53 - The leading Alzheimer's treatment is a scam
01:41:41 - Top Alzheimer's treatment researchers VANISHED
01:44:20 - New theoretical Alzheimer's cure
01:50:08 - Beneficial effects of ultrasound therapy
01:53:58 - Dangers of ultrasound technology
01:59:18 - New study on ultrasound on the brain
02:06:11 - Proof of ultrasound reversing Alzheimer's
02:09:10 - Quantum consciousness + parapsychology
02:16:42 - Neuron biology & why the brain is more than a computer
02:20:09 - Suspicious movement of plasma ball lightning
02:23:18 - Anesthesia vs. the corona effects
