Intriguing theory. If anything comes of this direction of research, then there at least might be some hope for patients of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s.
The research articles mentioned in the video:
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c07936 (open access)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1571064522000197 (open access).
Most likely no:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mysticism
I mean I get what you’re saying but this seems super short sighted. There is good reason to not jump to quantum effects as an explanation for anything unknown. That said, dismissing evidence that suggests that the brain makes use of quantum effects because “quantum mysticism.” It frankly seems far more likely that immensely complicated that’s had billions of years to evolve, such as a brain, would make use of available phenomena even if it’s not something we understand. Note that I’m not suggesting magicy magic quantum physics is secretly magic, simply that mechanically there’s no reason why some parts of consciousness would not make use of quantum effects.
My friend, the screenshot has blue electricity and a picture of a nebula: two things that do not use quantum effects. This is most likely sensationalized.
Again I get what you’re saying, but it’s a visual medium. You expect him to put a barcode scanner up there or some shit? The video itself makes some of the same points you do. And yeah YouTube is full of clickait, but if you’re gonna be on YouTube, do as the YouTubers do.
Edit: also, he usually does astronomy stuff. The nebula is just his normal background