[AndrewC]

Tetraphenylporphyrin "is" a wave.

[gore3000]

Tetraphenylporphyrin "is" a wave.

The article is quite interesting and a molecule with 60 carbon atoms is quite large sized. The article even in the link was not too clear as to how this observation was made, whether it was in normal circumstances or through some sort of special experiment. Have you been able to find any more information on how these conclusions were made?

[betty boop]

Very interesting, AndrewC! Thanks so much for the ping!

[Phaedrus]

Thanks for the ping. The potential for quantum mechanical effects resides in all of physicality and "the issue" is of course what conditions allow the manifestation of consciousness. Size seems important but if resonance can somehow enter the picture, perhaps micro can easily become macro. What is certain is that consciousness is very commonplace. Thoughts not only flow, we often cannot turn them off. Because quantum mechanical effects and consciousness seem intimately related and because quantum mechanics rules the physical universe, I don't think we can rule out some sort of consciousness at all levels of life and physicality. Radical, I know, and "new age", if you like, but logically consistent, I think.