I reckon that if consciousness is a quantum process happening at room temperature, it can probably be replicated in other systems at room temperature.

The popular science that has been coming out about the origins of consciousness has been really interesting to follow. Quantum nanotubules seems a dark horse in the lineup against the frontrunners, Integrated Information Theory and Global Workspace Theory.

When I was in high school, I was always very interested in the history of science and how scientific advances played out over time, quite dramatically. In my lifetime, I've had the pleasure to watch quite a few of them play out in such a fashion. There seem to be multiple big ones looming large on the horizon these days, the origins of consciousness among them. I suppose I'm rooting for Penrose, because he has a lot riding on this and he seems like a genuinely brilliant person. Maybe I'm a romantic?

Thanks for asking.