<story><title>New research on anesthesia and microtubules gives new clues about consciousness</title><url>https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/09/240905120923.htm</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>projektfu</author><text>&amp;quot;Since we don&amp;#x27;t know of another (i.e,. classical) way that anesthetic binding to microtubules would generally reduce brain activity and cause unconsciousness,&amp;quot; Wiest says, &amp;quot;this finding supports the quantum model of consciousness.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;This is an incredible leap of reasoning.  Flumazenil binds to GABA receptors and blocks diazepam.  So since we don&amp;#x27;t know of another (i.e. mechatronic) way that binding to GABA would cause sedation, it must be the frobbles.</text></comment>
<story><title>New research on anesthesia and microtubules gives new clues about consciousness</title><url>https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/09/240905120923.htm</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rbanffy</author><text>This only shows the mechanism that impairs the brain enough for it to become unconscious is related to the microtubules.&lt;p&gt;Absolutely everything in the real world is quantum-related because that’s the very structure of reality.</text></comment>