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Seems to be a far cry from explaining the Hard Problem of consciousness. As for the meat of the text (pardon the pun, I just re-read “they’re made out of meat”
by dropoutcoder 7y ago
Seems to be a far cry from explaining the Hard Problem of consciousness.
As for the meat of the text (pardon the pun, I just re-read “they’re made out of meat” yesterday), my amateur understanding is that there may be some degree of quantum effects in the microtubules of the brain, but that decoherence is very localized and limited, thus unlikely to have broader impact on physical systems at large. To this end, it’s unclear how a shared physical reality such as ours would allow for quantum effects from a measurement experiment, through the non quantum systems to the brain. Can someone explain the basis of the hypothesis presented by the paper in simple terms?
- teilo 7y agoThat's because he's not trying to explain it. The article is about quantum determinism. He offers two explanations, depending on how one views the source of consciousness, dualistically or physically. IIT doesn't explain consciousness. It's merely a correlation.