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Stuart Hamero
Stuart Hamero
Born
Residence
Citizenship
United States
Nationality
American
Fields
Anesthesiologist
Institutions
University of Arizona
Alma mater
Known for
Consciousness studies
Inuences
Roger Penrose
Contents
Career
Hypotheses
Toward a Science of Consciousness
Film
References
Further reading
External links
Career
Hamero received his BS degree from the University of Pittsburgh and
his MD degree from Hahnemann University Hospital, where he studied
before it became part of the Drexel University College of Medicine. He
took an internship at the Tucson Medical Center in 1973. From 1975
onwards, he has spent the whole of his career at the University of
Arizona, becoming professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and
Psychology and associate director for the Center for Consciousness
Studies, both in 1999, and nally Emeritus professor for
Anesthesiology and Psychology in 2003.
Hypotheses
At the very beginning of Hamero's career, while he was at
Hahnemann, cancer-related research work piqued his interest in the
part played by microtubules in cell division, and led him to speculate
[1]
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conrms the
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Film
Hamero appeared as himself in the documentary lm What te $*!
Do (k)ow!? (2004). He serves as producer, writer and scientic
advisor to an independent feature lm called Mindville. Mindville is a
feature-length motion picture that combines live action with animation
and eects to present a journey into the mysteries of human
consciousness.
References
1. Danaylov, Nikola, ed. (12 Sep 2013). Stuart Hamero on
Singularity 1 on 1: Consciousness is More than Computation! .
Singularity Weblog. Retrieved 24 March 2014. "Consciousness is the
most important thing there is!"
2. Hamero, Stuart (1987), Ultimate Computing, Elsevier ISBN
978-0444702838
3. Penrose, Roger (1989) The Emperor's New Mind Oxford University
Press
4. Grush, Rick & Churchland, Patricia (1995) "Gap's in Penrose's
Toilings," Journal of Consciousness Studies, 2(1), pp. 1029
5. Penrose, Roger (1994) Shadows of the Mind Oxford University Press
Further reading
Stuart Hamero (2006) "Consciousness, neurobiology and quantum
mechanics," In: The Emerging Physics of Consciousness, (Ed.)
Tuszynski, J.
Stuart Hamero with Conrad Schneiker, Ultimate Computing:
Biomolecular Consciousness and Nanotechnology, Elsevier-North
Holland, 1987. This work predates the quantum Orch-OR hypothesis;
still of interest. Online at author's site
Hamero, Kaszniak, Scott, (eds), Toward a Science of Consciousness,
MIT Press, ISBN 0-262-08249-7, LoC OP411.T68 1996. papers from
the rst Tucson conference on study of consciousness. Further
volumes in the series exist.
Roger Penrose, Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing
Science of Consciousness, Oxford, ISBN 0-19-853978-9, LoC
Q335.P416 1994. This discusses the Orch-OR theory.
External links
Hamero's "Quantum Consciousness" site
Center for consciousness studies homepage
Quantum-Mind
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