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Insightful. And the next era will describe it in terms of quantum interactions.

• andsoitis 3y ago
  > Insightful. And the next era will describe it in terms of quantum interactions. Roger Penrose already talks about a theory of consciousness based on non-computable quantum effects in microtubules. http://www.consciousentities.com/penrose.htm http://www.consciousentities.com/penrose.htm
  • eru 3y ago
    Keep in mind that this is probably (a) bollocks, and (b) doesn't preclude brains being (quantum) computers. You can use a Turing machine to (inefficiently) simulate a quantum computer just fine. The page you linked to also seems to think that Gödel's incompleteness theorem says that human brains can do thinks that computers can't. That conclusion isn't warranted: Yes, there are specific statements that specific formal systems can neither prove nor disprove. And for every formal system you can find such systems. However, there are also plenty of statements that humans can neither prove nor disprove. Human also make plenty of mistakes. (You can also build a probabilistic formal system that's allowed to make mistakes.)
• red75prime 3y ago
  In terms of quantum computations. Most quantum interactions average into classical mechanics. And, no, it's not guaranteed. We are already beyond vague analogies like "two chariots". In the next era we probably will know equivalent (quantum) (noisy) computations for the brain activity.