Comment by physics_defector on 26/08/2022 at 16:41 UTC

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View submission: Do quantum mechanical effects have any physiological consequences for how our brains work?

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This is the only correct answer I'm aware of when it comes to humans, as far as anything which isn't either purely speculative or only technically correct but speculative in terms of any possible impact on actual computation.

One interesting and related phenomenon is that some work has indicated certain examples of proteins called cryptochromes may be a mechanism[1] by which birds and other animals perform magnetoreception. This would occur via photons exciting a component of the proteins to produce chemical radicals in which one possible electron spin state can enable the protein to respond to magnetic fields. This isn't found in humans, but it's hypothesized (with reasonable evidence, I think) that it may be found in many species who navigate using Earth's magnetic field.

1: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01596-6

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There's nothing here!