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Consciousness is certainly a quantum phenomenon, because at the end of the day our reality is quantum mechanics writ large. We don't really understand the transition from wave-like behavior to classical particle behavior, and our current theories are at least incomplete if not plain wrong. Given that, mechanistic speculation on the relationship between quantum physics and consciousness seems premature.

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That's pretty much like saying that everything is a quantum phenomenon. This is an example of a rather common mistake called 'reductionism'. But even reductionists are careful enough not to go too far - they do not call French Revolution a "quantum phenomenon", for example.

The physical theory is close to perfect, it's the interpretation that leaves room for questions.

The mathematical model is what is close to perfect. To me, theory implies a knowledge of actual process. I suppose that is a semantic point.

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