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It's not like there is a conspiracy against Penrose, there is just a prevailing feeling (which I for one subscribe to) that: "computation via quantum mechanical
by thelamest 13y ago
It's not like there is a conspiracy against Penrose, there is just a prevailing feeling (which I for one subscribe to) that: "computation via quantum mechanical processes is irrelevant to explaining how brains produce thought, contrary to the ongoing speculations of many theorists. First, quantum effects do not have the temporal properties required for neural information processing. Second, there are substantial physical obstacles to any organic instantiation of quantum computation. Third, there is no psychological evidence that such mental phenomena as consciousness and mathematical thinking require explanation via quantum theory. We conclude that understanding brain function is unlikely to require quantum computation or similar mechanisms."
(http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/~pthagard/Articles/quantum.pdf http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/~pthagard/Articles/quantum.pdf)
- wikiburner 13y agoOh, yeah. Totally agree, I must have worded it poorly. I'm just saying all theories are technically "speculative" until we can replicate cognition, but his quantum theories sound unnecessary and hand-wavey, akin to "The Soul".