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# Was Penrose Right? New Evidence For Quantum Effects In The Brain
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/pbs-space-time/episode/was-penrose-right-new-evidence-for-quantum-effects-in-the-brain-pe0bka/
- Published: 2024-07-29T15:30:32.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T13:47:03.000Z
- Description: Learn about Nobel laureate Roger Penrose's idea of how consciousness is caused by quantum processes.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: PBS Space Time, Season 10, Episode 16, #ZZZ_Episode_5efbb750-ffdc-4e69-89cb-3d8f9db41ecd, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_ae70f836-13b6-4c9d-b61f-99f7b8bc29eb, #v1.16

Nobel laureate Roger Penrose is widely held to be one of the most brilliant living physicists for his wide-ranging work from black holes to cosmology. And then there’s his idea about how consciousness is caused by quantum processes. Most scientists have dismissed this as a cute eccentricity—a guy like Roger gets to have at least one crazy theory without being demoted from the smartypants club.