MINERVA v0.3: A Unified Quantum Mechanism for Conscious Experience via Microtubule Phonon Driving and Ephaptic Field Coupling
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) April 14, 2026 Aditya Tiwari
We present MINERVA v0.3 (Microtubule-Integrated Neural Resonance via Vibrational Architecture), a mechanistic hypothesis for quantum consciousness that resolves the central failure of Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch OR): the requirement for millisecond-scale quantum coherence in warm biological systems. We propose that GTP hydrolysis at microtubule plus-ends generates acoustic phonon...