Panpsychism: Quantum Superposition and Entanglement or Qubits without Cells?

To investigate quantum superposition or qubits as the basis for consciousness, experiments should be designed for steel, iron or others.

Researching for quantum consciousness where living cells are present already falsifies the hypothesis.

There is a new feature in Scientific American, Experiments Prepare to Test Whether Consciousness Arises from Quantum Weirdness, suggesting that "an experience is created whenever a system goes into a quantum superposition rather than when it collapses. Any system entering a state with one or more entangled superimposed qubits will experience a moment of consciousness. The first experiment seeks to provide evidence of the relevance of quantum mechanics to neuroscience in two very accessible test beds: tiny fruit flies and cerebral organoids, the latter lentil-sized assemblies of thousands of neurons grown from human-induced pluripotent stem cells.”

Any system? So why test in fruit flies and cerebral organoids, where cells are present? Why not test in wood?

Matter has atoms and subatomic particles. The only known and provable case where subatomic particles, atoms, or molecules bear a capability for mind or consciousness is within living cells.

What should be investigated is why subatomic particles can play a role in consciousness where living cells are present, not that consciousness is possible because of quantum interactions anywhere.

If consciousness is quantum superposition involving qubits, what is the difference between how they mechanize a function like feelings and how they grade it, with attention or subjectivity?

If quantum superposition and entanglement are possible anywhere outside of living cells, why not investigate there first to settle their universality for consciousness—or establish why they do when cells are present? Simply, if consciousness is possible because of quantum superposition or entanglement in cells why is it not possible elsewhere without cells?

There is a new paper in Physical Review E, Entangled biphoton generation in the myelin sheath, stating that “Consciousness within the brain hinges on the synchronized activities of millions of neurons, but the mechanism responsible for orchestrating such synchronization remains elusive. The results indicate that the cylindrical cavity formed by a myelin sheath can facilitate spontaneous photon emission from the vibrational modes and generate a significant number of entangled photon pairs. These findings may offer insight into the brain's ability to leverage these resources for quantum information transfer, thereby elucidating a potential source for the synchronized activity of neurons.”

How does quantum entanglement explain mental health or disorders?

An important reason to advance consciousness is to know how the mind works and to know how to solve mental disorders.

Is there any remote suggestion of how qubits may help to understand any mental illness?

There are billions of neurons in the brain, which makes it difficult to model how information is organized. How low, below neurons, can be explored for how mind or consciousness works?

How can far lower stages, below neurons, be modeled or explained for memory, emotions, feelings, or modulation of internal signals?

Panpsychism says mind-like is fundamental. There is no proof of this outside of living cells. The only non-living thing that comes close is digital, with a fundamental unit as bit, not subatomic particles.

Even if qubits bear this capability in quantum computing, it is still within the province of digital, not that qubits maybe responsible for sentience, anywhere else, especially in objects without living cells.

A recent exploration says electricity creates consciousness, asking, "How could calcium ions rushing through a membrane generate the taste of coffee, the smell of a rose or the feeling of love?"

Electrical signals of neurons can carry summaries of mind and consciousness, across destinations of chemical signals, but consciousness is not electrical signals alone, or their sole doing, conceptually, even though bioelectricity is common among cells.