How great is the darkness in which we grope

 It is widely accepted that consciousness or, more generally, mental activity is in some way correlated to the behavior of the material brain. 

Since quantum theory is the most fundamental theory of matter that is currently available, it is a legitimate question to ask whether quantum theory can help us to understand consciousness -

for matter and consciousness are regarded as dual aspects of one underlying reali

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