Roger Penrose’s Theory and Quantum Decoherence

Nelson Job, Luiz Pinguelli Rosa

In the year 2020, British physicist Roger Penrose was awarded the Nobel Prize. In this article, his main researches will be presented, focusing on his model of quantum consciousness. We show the wide spectrum of his work, as well as his boldness in several aspects related to current research in physics.

Nima Arkani-hamed A, John E. Sipe

Claudio Bresciano

This paper analyzes Roger Penrose’s Orch-OR theory of consciousness through the formal framework of the Theory of Axiomatic Necessity (TNA). By examining Objective Reduction (OR) as a physical threshold where quantum superposition collapses into definite states, we demonstrate that Penrose's non-computable foundational layer maps directly onto the admissibility domain ($N_1$), rather than emerging from the operational domain ($N_0$) of biological silicio-like structures. Through the theorem of Failure of Local Closure, we argue that the brain's micro-tubular network does not generate consciousness internally, but rather acts as a highly specialized structural antenna tuned to non-derivable conditions of admissibility. Ultimately, this formulation reconciles Gödelian incompleteness in human thought by proving that conscious experience requires an irreducible external structural support ($N_1$) that escapes the operational limits of pure algorithmic computation.

Walter T. Strunz

Maximilian Schlosshauer