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= Orchestrated objective reduction
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Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch-OR) is a theory proposed by physicist Roger Penrose and anesthesiologist Stuart Hameroff that seeks to explain consciousness through a combination of quantum mechanics and neurobiology. The theory posits that consciousness arises from quantum events that occur within the microtubules, which are structural components of the cytoskeleton in neurons.