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Are quantum events required for consciousness in a very special sense, far beyond the general sense that quantum events are part of all physical systems? What would it take for quantum events, on such a microscale, to be relevant for brain function, which operates at the much higher level of neurons and brain circuits? What would it mean?

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Anirban Bandyopadhyay is a Senior Scientist in the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan.

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