Chapter 103: I Solved the Problem of Consciousness

Seeing this scene, the audience was completely dumbfounded.

They originally thought Jiang Zhe would just bluff his way through, and then this episode would be over.

Who would have thought that he had actually conducted research in private long ago, and it seemed he had already produced results?

"Good grief, no wonder I couldn't find the theory; it turns out you researched it yourself..."

"Are hosts playing on such a high level nowadays?"

"I imagined Jiang Zhe's daily life: he wanted to solve the mystery of the soul but couldn't find relevant evidence on academic sites or the internet... finally, in a fit of rage, he decided to research it himself, and... he actually freaking figured something out?"

"Damn, when you put it that way, Jiang Zhe is absolutely legendary; but does the result match reality?"

"..."

Most of the audience was just watching for fun.

They weren't unfamiliar with academic papers; it was just a matter of the paper's rigor and degree of recognition.

Quite a few people focused intently on that paper.

Only...

It seemed Jiang Zhe wasn't prepared to show them the contents of the paper.

He just flipped through it for himself while facing the camera and began to narrate:

"Before discussing the paper, I'll first mention the person who came closest to finding the truth about consciousness!"

"But unfortunately, he did not continue his research!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the experts and the audience narrowed their eyes, their curiosity instantly piqued.

"Actually, back in 1987, there was an anesthesiologist from the United States: Stuart Hameroff."

"It was this predecessor who first researched the truth of consciousness, though as I said before, he did not continue."

"At the time, Hameroff proposed in his book 'Ultimate Computing'—"

"The carrier of consciousness is actually the Protein Microtubules located inside the neurons of the brain."

"These are the same microtubule inside brain neurons that I previously explained to everyone!"

Upon hearing this, all the viewers and experts straightened their backs and, with serious expressions, picked up their phones or went to their computers to search for information.

Without any surprise!

They indeed found the anesthesiologist's book on academic sites and the internet.

"I looked at this book and the related academic reports; he did find it, but it seems to lack supporting evidence."

"Yes, he researched up to this point and didn't go any further."

"Could it be that Professor Hameroff's research was correct?"

"If that's the case... then Jiang Zhe's research isn't exactly original, but rather further research standing on the shoulders of giants."

"Damn, that's already incredibly impressive, okay? If you gave it to me to research, I wouldn't be able to figure out anything."

"..."

The audience was shocked for a moment, and the bullet comments gradually disappeared.

The experts in the lecture hall were also looking through relevant materials while listening to Jiang Zhe's narration.

"According to Professor Hameroff, information is accumulated and processed within the Protein Microtubules, rather than in the neurons."

"Later, he asked authoritative experts from other fields to verify what he said, but unfortunately, his path was blocked, and he couldn't find the right person to verify his claims."

At this point, Jiang Zhe showed a look of contemplation.

In his previous life.

Professor Hameroff collaborated with the physics giant Professor Penrose to verify this idea.

Only...

In this world, Professor Penrose seemed to have no interest in these things.

After winning the Nobel Prize in this world, Professor Penrose devoted himself entirely to Quantum Mechanics and never touched these mystical existences.

Fortunately, Jiang Zhe found this path and could only pick up that great figure's subsequent theories halfway through.

"Yes, as you all suspected, I was already researching this during my sophomore year—yes, back when I was in school."

"Because my words carried little weight, I didn't tell anyone about these things."

"But fortunately, the result was correct, because I found that the theory proposed by Professor Hameroff is correct—"

"Because microtubule, in terms of their structure, are most suitable as carriers of quantum characteristics in the brain."

"This is possible because they have the ability to preserve quantum states for a long time."

"In other words, they act as quantum computers."

At this point, he looked serious. "Yes, Professor Hameroff did not find the evidence to support what he said!"

As his tone shifted, his serious expression instantly vanished, replaced by a smile.

"But I!"

"Jiang Zhe, found it!"

As soon as he said this, everyone's eyes widened, feeling absolutely and utterly incredulous!

At this moment, no one spoke or sent bullet comments anymore; they just stared fixedly at the large screen.

Jiang Zhe smiled and, without keeping them in suspense, went straight to the point.

"Professor Hameroff discovered a tiny structure connecting cell structures in our human brain called 'microtubule.' These 'quantum structure microtubule' exist in large quantities in the neuronal activity of the brain."

"I continued Hameroff's research, and I discovered—why might there be information within the brain's microtubule?"

"So I researched for a while, and hard work pays off!"

"I finally found it!"

"I discovered that before our human brain produces Conscious Activity, the microtubule structure undergoes specific frequency vibrations, forming a massive 'Quantum Link Network'."

He frowned slightly and decided to reduce the difficulty.

"It's like this."

"First: what specifically can Conscious Activity be?"

"It's very simple: thinking, choosing, walking, exercising, fantasizing, anger, and a series of states—this is [Conscious Activity]."

"When we produce these, the microtubule structures in our brain undergo specific frequency vibrations, forming a massive 'Quantum Link Network'."

"Or rather..."

He smiled slightly. "Whether we are eating, drinking, or sleeping, the smallest quantum-level link networks in our brain's microtubule are vibrating every moment of the 24 hours."

"Yes, you heard right."

"These constant vibrations are the origin of our consciousness."

"If I say these are the origin of consciousness, it's actually not entirely correct!"

"There is a prerequisite!"

He held up a finger to the camera and continued to explain with a serious face:

"The structural vibration of this [Quantum Link Network] has a threshold; that is, the frequency of vibration has a peak. When the vibration reaches the 'threshold,' the vibration within our brain's microtubule instantly collapses into a certain definite state. This is 'consciousness'."

"To give a simple example:"

"When we face a dilemma, such as whether to go left or right, the vibration of the [Quantum Link Network] in our heads is in a very chaotic state. What is it like?"

"It's like a mass of irregular, vibrating dark clouds!"

"And then!"

"When we have made a choice—that is, when we have decided to go left—this [Chaotic Vibration] state will collapse and become a definite state."

"What is it like then?"

"It's like a white cloud line pointing to the left."

What he was saying was naturally a visualized representation, rather than the actual situation of the chaotic and definite vibrations of the [Quantum Link Network].

Facing the camera, he smiled. "Everyone can follow along—"

"We first have the chaotic vibration of the link network within the microtubule, and then when this vibration reaches the 'threshold' and becomes a vibration that is no longer chaotic, that is when we have consciousness."

"What is our consciousness?"

He tapped the whiteboard in front of him. "I'll use a sequence to tell you."

"1: The skull."

"2: The tissues within the skull."

"3: The neuronal network within the tissues of the skull."

"4: The neurons under the neuronal network within the tissues of the skull."

"5: The Protein Microtubules within the neurons under the neuronal network within the tissues of the skull."

"6: Within the Protein Microtubules within the neurons under the neuronal network within the tissues of the skull—"

"The [Quantum Chaotic State] or [Conscious Quantum Probability Cloud] or [The Definite State Formed After the Collapse of the Quantum Link Network's Vibration]."

"Yes, words cannot express what consciousness actually is!"

"If expressed in numbers, option 6 is our consciousness!"

"To put it more simply, consciousness is something that requires bioelectricity as a prerequisite, and is then hidden within the Protein Microtubules of all neurons in the brain—"

"[A mass of quantum conscious probability clouds that become chaotic because of your and my choices, and then become definite after a choice is made], which is extremely similar to the Quantum Superposition State!"

"To put it in plain terms, consciousness is—"

"All the choices we have already made from childhood to adulthood."

"This is the result I have researched!"

Having reached this point in his narration, he looked emotional and glanced down at the complex and tedious contents of the paper in the blue-covered book before him.

If he really used professional terminology to decrypt all this, it would probably be a big question whether the outside audience could even understand it.

But fortunately, the system prompts constantly sounding in his ears were telling him—

Most of the audience already understood!!!

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(PS: There's too much content in this paper, so I only picked some key points to write. I was afraid you wouldn't understand if I wrote it too complexly, and I was afraid it wouldn't be high-end enough if I wrote it too simply; these were found and verified by Hameroff, then verified a second time by Penrose, but have been widely questioned by scientists.)