Quantum Microtubules and Integrated Information: Bridging Orch-OR with IIT Collapse Dynamics — E8 Intelligence Research
- 1Independent Researcher, United Kingdom
Abstract
FINDING: Orch-OR theory posits quantum computation in microtubules via orchestrated objective reduction, but recent evidence is indirect; a separate arXiv paper links integrated information theory (IIT) to wave-function collapse dynamics. | MATH: Orch-OR relies on Penrose's objective reduction (OR) — a gravity-induced collapse threshold EΔ = ℏ / T (where T is coherence time, EΔ gravitational self-energy difference). IIT quantifies consciousness as Φ (integrated information), a scalar from a system's cause-effect power; collapse coupling proposed via Φ-weighted nonlinear Schrödinger term. No new fundamental constants or ratios emerge from these sources. | CONNECTION: Microtubule lattices exhibit 13-fold symmetry (tubulin dimers in helical pitch ~ 12 nm, 13 protofilaments) — a crystallographic-like helical symmetry, but no direct golden-ratio or base-60 link is evidenced. The 13-fold structure is a Fibonacci-adjacent number (13), yet no
Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com
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BibTeX
@misc{caldin2026quantum,
title = {{Quantum Microtubules and Integrated Information: Bridging Orch-OR with IIT Collapse Dynamics — E8 Intelligence Research}},
author = {Andrew Stewart Caldin},
howpublished = {Zenodo},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23587195},
url = {https://zenodo.org/records/23587195},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Quantum Microtubules and Integrated Information: Bridging Orch-OR with IIT Collapse Dynamics — E8 Intelligence Research
AU - Andrew Stewart Caldin
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/23
PB - Zenodo
DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23587195
UR - https://zenodo.org/records/23587195
AB - FINDING: Orch-OR theory posits quantum computation in microtubules via orchestrated objective reduction, but recent evidence is indirect; a separate arXiv paper links integrated information theory (IIT) to wave-function collapse dynamics. | MATH: Orch-OR relies on Penrose's objective reduction (OR) — a gravity-induced collapse threshold E_Δ = ℏ / T (where T is coherence time, E_Δ gravitational self-energy difference). IIT quantifies consciousness as Φ (integrated information), a scalar from a system's cause-effect power; collapse coupling proposed via Φ-weighted nonlinear Schrödinger term. No new fundamental constants or ratios emerge from these sources. | CONNECTION: Microtubule lattices exhibit 13-fold symmetry (tubulin dimers in helical pitch ~ 12 nm, 13 protofilaments) — a crystallographic-like helical symmetry, but no direct golden-ratio or base-60 link is evidenced. The 13-fold structure is a Fibonacci-adjacent number (13), yet no Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com
ER -