... Yesterday, Microsoft's Majorana 1 was launched here , a prototype of a quantum processor powered by topological qubits, a breakthrough that may enable quantum computers capable of solving real-world problems that are intractable with classical computers. As @chrismessina and @terrence_kelleman mentioned, some scientists believe that quantum effects give rise to consciousness, including the mathematician, physicist and philosopher Roger Penrose (Nobel prize 2020). However, most scientists seem to believe that quantum effects are not relevant to information processing ...