Really it's time we started to look at a broader array of positions and consider what some of the presumed experts in the field have been saying about this (since it's obvious everyone here who has expressed an opinion on the Searle-Dennettian model controversy is fully wedded to their views -- better now, I think, to expand our horizons and look at a broader range of options). What follows are two views on how consciousnes is best explained by a quantum account: Hagelin on unified (string) theory and the idea that consciousness is the underlying foundation of everything as expressed at the quantum level): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrcWntw9juM&feature=related Hameroff on how quantum explanations provide the best account for how consciousness happens in brains: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4y8mTRqXAo&feature=related ========================================= Need Something? Check here: http://ludwig.squarespace.com/wittrslinks/