Omega Point: An Electronic Visualisation of a Quantum Theory of Consciousness

This presentation explores Omega Point, a digital interactive art installation that works as an electronic visualisation of a new theory of consciousness as a quantum physics phenomenon. Recent discoveries in neuroscience support a twenty-year-old controversial theory of consciousness entitled Orch-OR that states that consciousness does not emerge from complex computational activities inside the brain, as it was previously thought, but rather it emanates from quantum vibrations inside the microtubules. These microtubules are microscopic tubular structures present inside brain neurons.

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Marios Athanasiou

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Publication date: July 2015

Publication date (Print): July 2015

Pages: 134-135

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/eva2015.65

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Conference name: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2015)

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Conference location: London, UK

Conference date: 7 & 9 July 2015

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts

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R. A Ascott 1999 Reframing Consciousness: Art, mind and technology Intellect Books UK
S HameroffR Penrose 2013 Consciousness in the Universe: A review of the ‘Orch OR’ theory http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1 571064513001188 1 November 2014
S Hameroff 2013 Interviewed by Nikola Danaylov on Singularity 1 on 1, 12 September http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpUVot-4GPM 1 August 2014
J. A Tuszynski 2006 The Emerging Physics of Consciousness Springer Germany

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[1] R. A Ascott 1999 Reframing Consciousness: Art, mind and technology Intellect Books UK

[2] S HameroffR Penrose 2013 Consciousness in the Universe: A review of the ‘Orch OR’ theory http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1 571064513001188 1 November 2014

[3] S Hameroff 2013 Interviewed by Nikola Danaylov on Singularity 1 on 1, 12 September http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpUVot-4GPM 1 August 2014

[4] J. A Tuszynski 2006 The Emerging Physics of Consciousness Springer Germany

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