Comment on: ‘Experimental indications of non-classical brain function’ 2022 Journal of Physics Communications 6 105001
Warren S. Warren
Journal of Physics Communications March 1, 2023 DOI: 10.1088/2399-6528/acc4a8 (opens in new tab)
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| Key points | Argues that the original paper's MRI data do not justify its claim that consciousness-related brain functions may be entanglement-mediated or non-classical; the data only show that brain tissue is complex, multicompartmental, and imprecisely characterized by MRI. |
Abstract
A recent paper in this journal presents magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data on humans which are asserted to ‘suggest that we may have witnessed entanglement mediated by consciousness-related brain functions. Those brain functions must then operate non-classically, which would mean that consciousness is non-classical.’ Unfortunately, the article provides no evidence to justify this claim. In fact, the paper only provides evidence for what we already knew: the brain (and any other living tissue) is complex, multicompartmental, and imprecisely characterized by MRI.
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