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The new paper attempts to revisit the ideas of physicist Roger Penrose, who posited that the collapse of the wave function in quantum mechanics might be a source of consciousness. Traditionally, this collapse leads to particles settling into definite states after being in superposition—a unique scenario where they can exist in multiple states simultaneously. However, the paper claims it’s unnecessary to consider gravity in this context, proposing an alternate view that consciousness arises at the formation of superpositions.