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Letter: Will moon gravity affect quantum consciousness?

Published 14 February 2024

From Adrian Bowyer, Foxham, Wiltshire, UK

Roger Penrose and Stuart Hameroff propose that consciousness arises when a gravitational field causes quantum wave functions in microtubules in our neurons to collapse, so-called orchestrated objective reduction. The gravity on the moon is a sixth of that on Earth. So, if the idea were correct, we would have expected to see consciousness changes in lunar astronauts. As far as I am aware, none was observed. Perhaps the Artemis programme could investigate this (20 January, p 32).

Issue no. 3478 published 17 February 2024

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