Going to eat my own foot here, but, as I see it, there are two different meanings of quantum in the brain.
1. Cells in the brain function quantum-ly. Honestly, most people shouldn't care about this, in the same way most people shouldn't care about the refractory period of neurons.
2. The brain simulates quantum calculations in situations of uncertainty, by bonding to/mirroring other people and the environment. This one everyone should care about.
How a group picks a leader, how people pick partners, important social decisions feel very quantum:
- uncertainty until they are suddenly resolved
- the "inside" view is different from the "outside" one
- spooky entanglement
1. Cells in the brain function quantum-ly. Honestly, most people shouldn't care about this, in the same way most people shouldn't care about the refractory period of neurons.
2. The brain simulates quantum calculations in situations of uncertainty, by bonding to/mirroring other people and the environment. This one everyone should care about.
How a group picks a leader, how people pick partners, important social decisions feel very quantum:
- uncertainty until they are suddenly resolved
- the "inside" view is different from the "outside" one
- spooky entanglement