Dr. Stuart Hameroff DTFH 766

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**Dr. Stuart Hameroff**, an anesthesiologist doing fascinating research into neural microtubules and the origin of human consciousness, joins the DTFH!

For a good primer on Dr. Hameroff’s research, check out his Popular Mechanics article:

*This Doctor Says He Knows How the Brain Creates Consciousness. New Evidence Suggests He’s On to Something*  
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00:00 Intro & Dr. Stuart Hameroff  
03:06 The History of Anesthesia  
05:46 How Anesthesia Actually Works  
07:35 Was Consciousness There Before Life?  
09:47 Roger Penrose & the Origin of Consciousness  
12:32 Why Consciousness Research Is Controversial  
13:53 Microtubules & the Brain  
14:56 BlueChew  
17:33 Can AI Become Conscious?  
18:13 The Hard Problem of Consciousness  
20:08 Quantum Physics & Consciousness  
21:17 Space-Time, Superposition & Gravity  
26:09 Where Consciousness Happens in the Brain  
27:29 Can a Single Cell Think?  
30:01 Why AI May Misunderstand the Brain  
33:49 Ethos  
36:26 Does Complexity Create Consciousness?  
37:28 Anesthesia, Consciousness & Time  
39:22 Does Consciousness Create the Flow of Time?  
40:16 Where Are Memories Actually Stored?  
43:11 Is Memory Holographic?  
45:35 Could Consciousness Be a Hologram?  
46:03 Alzheimer’s, Tau & Microtubules  
48:03 Are We Treating Alzheimer’s the Wrong Way?  
49:03 Biological Time Crystals  
50:49 Microtubule Resonance & Superconductivity  
52:22 The “DNA of Consciousness”  
53:25 Could Microtubule Vibrations Treat the Brain?  
54:10 BetterHelp  
55:38 Using Ultrasound on the Brain  
58:18 Dr. Hameroff Tests Ultrasound on Himself  
58:53 The First Human Ultrasound Study  
59:56 Targeted Brain Stimulation  
1:00:33 Ultrasound & Alzheimer’s  
1:02:23 The $150 Ultrasound Device  
1:03:53 Early Patient Results  
1:04:13 A Potentially Cheap Alzheimer’s Treatment  
1:05:19 Memory, Microtubules & Brain Recovery  
1:06:29 What the New Study Actually Shows  
1:07:34 40Hz Ultrasound  
1:07:53 Dr. Hameroff’s Research & Closing